ratite

Noun

ratite (plural ratites)

1. The order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moo, ostrich, rhea and tinamou

6 letters in word "ratite": A E I R T T.

Anagrams of ratite:

• attire

• tertia

Words found within ratite:

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• Definitions:
• A large, flightless bird (with ‘no keel on its sternum'; Allaby 1998)
• The family of birds including Ostriches, Emus ad Rheas.
• flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
• A ratite is any of a diverse group of large, flightless birds of Gondwanan origin, most of them now extinct. Unlike other flightless birds, the ratites have no keel on their sternum and, lacking a strong anchor for their wing muscles, could not fly even were they to develop suitable wings. ...

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• ratite
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