1. Noun
The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass.
2. Noun
Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich.
3. Noun
larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
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4. Noun
smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
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