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ORDER RHEIFORMES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas

Synonyms:

order Rheiformes; Rheiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Rheiformes" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Rheiformes"):

family Rheidae; Rheidae (a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes)

Holonyms ("order Rheiformes" is a member of...):

Aves; class Aves ((ornithology) the class of birds)

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