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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ratite::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | flightless bird, ratite bird |
| Type of | bird |
| Has types | apteryx, cassowary, dromaius novaehollandiae, elephant bird, emu, emu novaehollandiae, kiwi, moa, nandu, ostrich, pterocnemia pennata, rhea, rhea americana, aepyornis, struthio camelus |
Examples of ratite
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Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two extinct moas clarify ratite evolution.
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The evolutionary history of the extinct ratite moa and New Zealand Neogene paleogeography.
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More data has probably been analysed for the Hoatzin than for any other non-ratite bird.
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They share a similar fauna which includes marsupial and monotreme mammals and ratite birds.
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New Zealand has no native land mammals, but also had ratite birds, including the kiwi and the extinct moa.
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Ratite hides are popular for leather products like shoes.
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Dr. Matthew Phillips published some of the original research on ratite diversity in Systematic Biology.
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Ratite birds are strictly flightless and their anatomy reflects specializations for terrestrial life.
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It is the second-largest extant bird in the world by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich.
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- Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
- Struthioniformes ostrichnRheiformes rheanCasuariiformes cassowary and emunu2020Aepyornithiformes elephant birdnu2020Dinornithiformes moanApterygiformes kiwi
- (Ratites) birds that have a flat breastbone, such as ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas and kiwis. All ratites are flightless.
- Means a flightless bird such as an emu, ostrich, or rhea.
- A family of large flightless birds that include ostriches, emus, and rheas, which U.S. farmers are beginning to domesticate and raise for food. Ratite inspection has become a policy issue because producers want USDA to include them under the mandatory meat and poultry inspection laws. ...
