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Significados de ratite bird en inglés

portugués
struthioniformes
catalán
estrutioniforme
español
ratitae

Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds.

ratitae
Sinónimos
Examples for "ratite"
Examples for "ratite"
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Firefighters tried to shoo it off the road, but the ratite was having none of it.
Wired
2
Neither do any of the rest of the big birds in the ratite family, which includes the emu, rhea and cassowary.
BBC
3
When his team looked at the ancient DNA, they found it had far more in common with the kiwi than any other ratite.
Radio NZ
4
All these flightless birds, as well as others such as the ostrich, are part of a group called ratites.
Radio NZ
5
In Madagascar, the ancient ratites grew to gigantic proportions to fill that gap but in New Zealand it was a different story.
Radio NZ
1
Gardaí have said they are investigating the case of the missing flightless bird.
The Irish Times
2
Imagine if you were a flightless bird with young to protect.
The Irish Times
3
Most folks, Rant says, move through time like a flightless bird on land.
Rant: an oral biography of buster casey
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A flightless bird that survived here because it was never threatened.
Full Circle
5
But how did such the strange looking, flightless bird rise to such lofty heights?
Radio NZ
Translations for ratite bird
español
ratitae