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RHEIFORMES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas
Synonyms:
order Rheiformes; Rheiformes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Rheiformes" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Rheiformes"):
family Rheidae; Rheidae (a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes)
Holonyms ("Rheiformes" is a member of...):
Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)