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Definition of: ratite
(rat′īt) adjective
Designating a division of flightless birds (Ratitae), including ostriches, cassowaries, kiwis, emus, etc., which have aborted wings and a breastbone without a keel.
—noun One of the Ratitae. [<L ratis raft]
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