1. a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas; [syn: Rheiformes, order Rheiformes]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Rheiformes
n 1: a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics
between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas [syn:
Rheiformes, order Rheiformes]