Found 2 items, similar to Ratitae.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Ratitae
Ratitae
n : used in former classifications to include all ratite bird
orders [syn:
superorder Ratitae]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Ratitae
Ratitae
\Ra*ti"t[ae]\ (r[.a]*t[imac]"t[-e]), n. pl. [NL., fr. L.
ratis a raft; cf. L. ratitus marked with the figure of a
raft.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary,
or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The
ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples.
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Struthiones
\Stru`thi*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See
Struthio.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A division, or order, of birds, including only the
African ostriches.
(b) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including
the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds
incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to
Ratit[ae], or
Drom[ae]ognath[ae].
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