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rhea I. \ˈrēə\ noun Etymology: New Latin, probably from Rhea, mother of Zeus and other gods in Greek mythology, from Latin, from Greek 1. capitalized : a genus of large tall flightless So. American birds (order Rheiformes) that resemble but are smaller than the African ostrich, have three toes, a fully feathered head and neck, an undeveloped tail, and pale gray to brownish feathers that droop over the rump and back 2. -s : any bird of the genus Rhea or broadly of the order Rheiformes comprising as surviving forms only a larger bird (R. americana) ranging from Brazil to Patagonia and a smaller (Pterocnemia pennata) from the highlands of Peru to the Straits of Magellan — called also nandu
II. \“, rēˈä\ noun (-s) Etymology: Assamese rihā : china grass |