noun
a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas
• Syn: ↑order Rheiformes
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves
• Member Meronyms: ↑Rheidae, ↑family Rheidae
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\\ˌrēəˈfȯr(ˌ)mēz\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: an order of birds that are intermediate in some respects between the ostriches and the emus and cassowaries and that comprise the recent and extinct rheas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.