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ratitae


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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]}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ratitae  \Ra*ti"t[ae]\,  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,  and  apteryx  are  examples. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Ratitae 
  n  :  used  in  former  classifications  to  include  all  ratite  bird 
  orders  [syn:  {Ratitae},  {superorder  Ratitae}] 




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