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Ratitae

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Ra`ti´tae    (rå`tī´tė)
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples.
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Noun1.Ratitae - used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
superorder Ratitae
animal order - the order of animals
Aves, class Aves - (ornithology) the class of birds
order Tinamiformes, Tinamiformes - coextensive with the family Tinamidae
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Catalogue of the Chenomorphae (Palamedeae, Phoenicopteri, Anseres), Crypturi and Ratitae in the collection of the British Museum, Longmans, London, England.
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