Rhea (redirected from Rheas)

Rhe·a  (r)

n.

1. Greek Mythology The sister and wife of Cronus and the mother of Demeter, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Poseidon, and Zeus.

2. A satellite of Saturn.

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[Latin, from Greek Rhe.]

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rhe·a  (r)

n.

Any of several flightless South American birds of the genus Rhea, resembling the ostrich but somewhat smaller and having three toes instead of two.

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[New Latin Rhea, genus name, probably from Latin, the wife of Cronus; see Rhea.]

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rhea [ree-a]

Noun

a large fast-running flightless bird of South America, similar to the ostrich [after Rhea, mother of Zeus]

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Noun	1.	Rhea - fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
	2.	rhea - smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan nandu, Pterocnemia pennata flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds genus Pterocnemia, Pterocnemia - a genus of birds of the family Rheidae
	3.	rhea - larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia Rhea americana flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds genus Rhea - type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches