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ratite


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ratite  \Rat"ite\,  a.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  the  Ratit[ae].  --  n.  One  of  the 
  Ratit[ae]. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ratite 
  n  :  flightless  birds  having  flat  breastbones  lacking  a  keel  for 
  attachment  of  flight  muscles:  ostriches;  cassowaries; 
  emus;  moas;  rheas;  kiwis;  elephant  birds  [syn:  {ratite 
  bird},  {flightless  bird}]  [ant:  {carinate}] 




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