rhea
English
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Etymology 1
From Rhea (“the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).
Pronunciation
Noun
rhea (plural rheas)
- A large flightless bird of the genus Rhea, native to South America.
Derived terms
- American rhea (Rhea americana)
- common rhea (Rhea americana)
- Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata)
- greater rhea (Rhea americana)
- lesser rhea (Rhea pennata)
- puna rhea (Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "ver" is not used by this template.)
Translations
flightless bird
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References
rhea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rhea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rhea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Etymology 2
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Noun
rhea
- Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.