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Значения термина ratite bird на английском

португальский
struthioniformes
каталонский
estrutioniforme
испанский
ratitae

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

      struthioniformes
      Синонимы
      Examples for "ratite"
      Examples for "ratite"
      1
      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
      4
      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
      португальский
      struthioniformes
      каталонский
      estrutioniforme
      испанский
      ratitae