Flightless Bird (Noun)

Meaning

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

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Ratite
• Ratite Bird

Hypernyms

• Bird

Hyponyms

• Moa
• Rhea
• Struthio Camelus
• Elephant Bird
• Apteryx
• Kiwi
• Cassowary
• Nandu
• Emu
• Rhea Americana
• Ostrich
• Dromaius Novaehollandiae
• Aepyornis