(rē′ə) noun
A ratite bird (genus Rhea) of the plains of South America, smaller than true ostriches, and having three toes: also called ostrich. [<NL]

(rē′ə)
In Greek mythology, the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, wife of her brother Kronos, and mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia: identified with the Phrygian Cybele and the Roman Ops: also called Mother of the Gods. See KRONOS.

See -RRHEA.