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Definition of Ratitae

Ratitae
Struthiones Stru`thi*o"nes, n. pl. [NL. See Struthio.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A division, or order, of birds, including only the African ostriches. (b) In a wider sense, an extensive group of birds including the ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, and allied birds incapable of flight. In this sense it is equivalent to Ratit[ae], or Drom[ae]ognath[ae].
Ratitae
Ratitae Ra*ti"t[ae], n. pl. [NL., fr. L. ratis a raft; cf. L. ratitus marked with the figure of a raft.] (Zo["o]l.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, and apteryx are examples.

Meaning of Ratitae from wikipedia

- several million years earlier, and the classification and membership of the Ratitae itself is uncertain. Some of the earliest ratites occur in Europe. Recent...
- Herman (ed.). On the former and present distribution of the so-called Ratitae or ostrich-like birds and a description of a new form by C. W. Andrews...
- credited with classifying the paleognaths together, and he coined the taxon "Ratitae" (see above). However, Linnaeus (1758) placed c****owaries, emus, ostriches...
- embryonic skeleton of the extinct elephant bird, Aepyornis (Palaeognathae: Ratitae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (sup4): 1–53. doi:10...
- embryonic skeleton of the extinct elephant bird, Aepyornis (Palaeognathae: Ratitae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (sup4): 1–53. doi:10...
- Parvclass Superorder Order Families Note on current status Infraclass Eoaves Ratitae Struthioniformes Struthionidae Rheidae Casuariidae Apterygidae Tinamiformes...
- chiefly as the first ornithologist to propose a division of birds into Ratitae (ratites or running birds, with a flat sternum) and Carinatae (carinates...
- ancestor. Diogenornis at Fossilworks.org Alvarenga, H.M.F. (1983) Uma ave ratitae do Paleoceno Brasileiro: bacia calcária de Itaboraí, Estado do Rio de Janeiro...
- of the Chenomorphae (Palamedeae, Phoenicopteri, Anseres) Crypturi and Ratitae in the collection of the British Museum. London (1895) Due nuove specie...
- Valid François Poplin Holocene Cave deposits  New Caledonia Described as a Ratitae, transferred to the Craciformes, Megapodiidae and placed in its own family...