NOM | animal | estrutioniforme | flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment / attachment of flight muscles |
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Sentit | Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment / attachment of flight muscles. | |
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Específic | casuari, casuario | large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest |
emú | large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller | |
estruç, struthio camelus, Struthio camelus | fast-running African flightless bird with two-toed feet | |
estruç de la pampa, ñandú, nyandú | smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed | |
kiwi | nocturnal flightless bird of New Zealand having a long neck and stout legs | |
moa | Extinct flightless bird of New Zealand | |
nyandú | larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed | |
General | au, ocell | warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
Anglès | ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird | |
Espanyol | ratitae |
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