ratite
pronunciation
How to pronounce ratite in British English:
UK ['rætaɪt]
How to pronounce ratite in American English:
US ['rætaɪt]
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- Noun:
- flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
Word Origin
Example
- 1. A ratite bird order : cassowaries and emus .
- 2. For the kiwi is a ratite .
- 3. A ratite bird order : ostriches and related extinct birds ; known from the .
- 4. A ratite bird order : flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes : kiwis .
- 5. A ratite bird order : birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus : recent and extinct rheas .