rhea

Noun
  1. Fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology;
    Wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus;
    Identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor (synset 109599516)
    instance hypernym: titaness - (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology
    instance hyponym: agdistis - Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele
  2. Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed;
    Found from Peru to Strait of Magellan (synset 101524397)
    hypernym: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
    member meronym: genus pterocnemia, pterocnemia - a genus of birds of the family Rheidae
    synonym: nandu, pterocnemia pennata
  3. Larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed;
    Found from Brazil to Patagonia (synset 101524040)
    hypernym: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird - flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
    member meronym: genus rhea - type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches
    synonym: rhea americana

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