Flachbrustvogel

Definitions of Flachbrustvogel
  1. noun
    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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    Strauß
    fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet; largest living bird
    Kasuar
    large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
    Emu
    large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
    Kiwi
    nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs; only surviving representative of the order Apterygiformes
    Nandu
    smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
    Moa
    extinct flightless bird of New Zealand
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    Vogel
    warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
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