Found 2 items, similar to Rhea Americana.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Rhea americana
Rhea americana
n : larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to
ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
[syn:
rhea]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rhea Americana
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Nandou
\Nan"dou\, Nandu
\Nan"du\, n. [Braz. nhandu or yandu.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the
genera
Rhea and
Pterocnemia, especially the smallest,
Pterocnemia pennata (formerly
Rhea Americana), called
also the
common rhea. They are tall fast-running flightless
birds similar to ostriches but three-toed, found from Peru to
the Straits of Magellan. See
Rhea. [Written also
nandow.]
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]