'Ratite' definitions:
Definition of 'ratite'
(from WordNet)
noun
Flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds [syn: ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird] [ant: carinate, carinate bird, flying bird]
Definition of 'Ratite'
From: GCIDE
- Ratite \Rat"ite\ (r[a^]t"[imac]t), a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Ratitae. -- n. One of the Ratitae. [1913 Webster] Ratlines