Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ratite"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ratite \Rat"ite\, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Ratit[ae]. -- n. One of the
Ratit[ae].
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ratite
n : flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for
attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries;
emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds [syn: {ratite
bird}, {flightless bird}] [ant: {carinate}]
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