rhea
English Thesaurus
1. larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird, |
| definition | : | flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | genus rhea, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches (noun.animal) |
2. smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird, |
| definition | : | flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds (noun.animal) |
3. fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor (noun.person)
| instance hypernym | : | titaness, |
| definition | : | (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology (noun.person) |
| instance hyponym | : | agdistis, |
| definition | : | Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele (noun.person) |
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