ratite bird

DEFINITIONS OF: ratite bird

Antonyms:: carinate, carinate bird, flying bird
birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; 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

Type of:: bird
warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

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