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ratite

/ˈræt.aɪt/

Traducción: Sustantivo que designa a un grupo de aves no voladoras con esternón plano, sin quilla para la inserción de los músculos de vuelo, como avestruces, emúes, kiwis y ñandúes.

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noun

C2formalcommonscientific/ˈræt.aɪt/

A noun referring to a group of flightless birds with flat breastbones that lack a keel for flight muscle attachment, including ostriches, emus, kiwis, and rheas.

  • 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa a un grupo de aves no voladoras con esternón plano, sin quilla para la inserción de los músculos de vuelo, como avestruces, emúes, kiwis y ñandúes.
  1. Flightless bird C1 formal scientific

    A group of large, flightless birds with flat breastbones that lack a keel, including ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, kiwis, and extinct species like moas and elephant birds.

    • The ostrich is the largest living ratite.
    • Ratites are believed to have evolved from flying ancestors.
    • Emus and rheas are both ratites found in the Southern Hemisphere.

    🇪🇸Ave corredora

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