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- noun Plural form of
rhea .
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Examples
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Wild, ostrichlike rheas called nandus wandered the pastures below our balcony, intermingling with noisy, attitudinous black-and-white southern lapwings, chubby cattle, and polo ponies -- their bubble-level playing fields in the foreground a reminder that this version of Eden has been subtly but forcefully shaped to suit the estancia owners 'preoccupations.
Off the Beaten Track Richard Nalley 2010
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Large flightless birds of the southern continents – African ostriches, Australian emus and cassowaries, South American rheas and the New Zealand kiwi – do not share a common flightless ancestor as once believed.
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While ostriches, emus and rheas are great runners, penguins and Galapagos flightless cormorants are great swimmers.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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While ostriches, emus and rheas are great runners, penguins and Galapagos flightless cormorants are great swimmers.
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH RICHARD DAWKINS 2009
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Palaeotis, a small ratite argued by some to be a stem rhea, has more recently been found to be outside of the clade that includes rheas, ostriches, cassowaries and emus.
Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Mesembriornithines were, proportionally, about as long-legged as emus or rheas, while brontornithines included the most stocky-legged birds of them all.
Archive 2006-10-01 Darren Naish 2006
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These unusual birds are much smaller cousins of ostriches, emus, and rheas.
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We also saw condors, hawks, eagles, rheas, and lots of wild hares.
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Palaeotis, a small ratite argued by some to be a stem rhea, has more recently been found to be outside of the clade that includes rheas, ostriches, cassowaries and emus.
More on phorusrhacids: the biggest, the fastest, the mostest out-of-placest Darren Naish 2006
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Mesembriornithines were, proportionally, about as long-legged as emus or rheas, while brontornithines included the most stocky-legged birds of them all.
Terror birds Darren Naish 2006
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