rhea
Noun
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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 mythologyinstance hyponym: agdistis - Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele -
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 birdsmember meronym: genus pterocnemia, pterocnemia - a genus of birds of the family Rheidaesynonym: nandu, pterocnemia pennata -
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 birdsmember meronym: genus rhea - type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostrichessynonym: rhea americana
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