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Definition: Pterocnemia Darwinii
Rhea
\Rhe"a\, n. [L., a proper name.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike
birds of the genera
Rhea and
Pterocnemia. Called also the
American ostrich.
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Note: The common rhea, or nandou (
Rhea Americana), ranges
from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea (
Pterocnemia Darwinii
), of Patagonia, is smaller, and has the legs
feathered below the knee.
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