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单词 ratite
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ratite
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ratite: ratites
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Weird Animal Question of the Week decided to explore the whole group to which those birds belong, the flightless ratites.
National Geographic(Sep 03, 2016)
The largest species of flightless birds alive today are called the ratites, and include the ostrich, emu and rhea.
Scientific American(May 27, 2014)
Ratites that have disappeared in recent centuries include the moa of New Zealand and the elephant bird.
Reuters(May 23, 2014)
n flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
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flightless bird, ratite bird
carinate, carinate bird, flying bird
birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles
Struthio camelus, ostrich
fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
cassowary
large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae, emu
large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
apteryx, kiwi
nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
Rhea americana, rhea
larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
Pterocnemia pennata, nandu, rhea
smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
aepyornis, elephant bird
huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
moa
extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
Dinornis giganteus, giant moa
the largest moa; about 12 feet high
Anomalopteryx oweni, anomalopteryx
the smallest moa; slender moa about the size of a large turkey
bird
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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