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PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
Synonyms:
nandu; Pterocnemia pennata; rhea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pterocnemia pennata" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("Pterocnemia pennata" is a member of...):
genus Pterocnemia; Pterocnemia (a genus of birds of the family Rheidae)
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