Definition of Ratitee

Definition of Ratitee

||Ra*ti"tæ (r&adot;*tī"t&esl;), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. ratis a raft; cf. L. ratitus marked with the figure of a raft.] (Zoöl.) An order of birds in which the wings are small, rudimentary, or absent, and the breastbone is destitute of a keel. The ostrich, emu, moa, and apteryx are examples.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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