ratite
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Synonyms: ratitae, ratte, latite, ratine, rathite
Antonyms: ratitae, ratte, latite, ratine, rathite
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Adjective
- Pertaining to running, flightless birds with no keels on their sternums (as opposed to [[carinate]]). {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
Noun
- A member of a diverse group of mostly large, [[running]], [[flightless]] [[bird]]s that lack keels on their sternums, mostly [[extinct]] such as the [[elephant bird]] and the [[moa]], but including the extant [[cassowary|cassowaries]], [[emu]], [[kiwi]], [[ostrich]], and [[rhea]]; formerly grouped together in the order ''{{taxfmt|Struthioniformes|order}}'', and including the ''{{taxfmt|Paleognathae|infraclass}}'' except the [[tinamou]]s.
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