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Rhea

UK/ɹeɪ/ US/ˈɹeɪə/ uncommon

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smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan

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larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia

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Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa, “the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”).

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