HyperDic: order_rheiformes

English > 1 sense of the expression order Rheiformes:
NOUNanimalorder Rheiformes, Rheiformesa ratite bird order
English > order Rheiformes: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningA ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics / characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas / rheas.
SynonymRheiformes
Member ofAves, class Aves(ornithology) the class of birds
MembersRheidae, family RheidaeA family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
Broaderanimal orderThe order of animals
Spanishreiformes, Rheiformes
Catalanreïformes

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