rhea
pronunciation
How to pronounce rhea in British English:
UK [ˈri:ə]
How to pronounce rhea in American English:
US ['riə]
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- Noun:
- smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
- larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
Word Origin
- rhea (n.)
- South American ostrich, 1801, Modern Latin genus name, for unknown reasons from Greek Rhea, name of a titaness, mother of Zeus, a name of unknown origin. As a moon of Saturn, discovered 1672.
Example
- 1. Rhea and glatt , are they gonna have a go ?
- 2. She is the daughter of cronus and rhea .
- 3. She is the first born child of rhea and cronus .
- 4. Rhea stood by and watched as her children were devoured one by one .
- 5. Zeus was the child of cronus and rhea , and the youngest of his siblings .