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ratite

any flightless bird that lacks a keel on the sternum, for example, ostrich, rhea or emu.
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
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Blue-McLendon and Green (2010) only saw round nucleus in ratite monocytes in contrast with this study where pleomorphic nuclei were found.
Hematological, morphological and morphometric characteristics of blood cells from rhea, Rhea Americana (Struthioniformes: Rheidae): a standard for Brazilian birds/Caracteristicas hematologicas, morfologicas e morfometricas de celulas sanguineas de emas, Rhea americana (Struthioniformes: Rheidae):um padrao para aves brasileiras
The different "ratite" species were long thought to have formed as the flightless birds were isolated by the separation of the southern continents over the last 130 million years.
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Ratite and ungulate preferences for woody New Zealand plants: influence of chemical and physical traits.
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Its ratite relatives (other large flightless birds), including the Australian emu and South American rhea, possess three toes while all other bird species have four.
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ETYMOLOGY: This species is named for the crest on the head that is reminiscent of the spectacular ratite of tropical Queensland and Papua New Guinea, the cassowary.
Systematics and phylogeny of the hatchet head plant bug genus myrmecoroides gross (insecta: heteroptera: miridae: orthotylinae)
The eggshells in this oofamily display the ratite morphotype, with two layers of different ultrastructure and an abrupt transition between them.
La Cantalera: an exceptional window onto the vertebrate biodiversity of the Hauterivian-Barremian transition in the Iberian Peninsula/La Cantalera: una excepcional ventana a la biodiversidad del transito Hauteriviense-Barremiense en la Peninsula Iberica
Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of two extinct moas clarify ratite evolution.
Cave crickets and cave weta (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from the southern end of the world: a molecular phylogeny test of biogeographical hypotheses
Ratite (ra-tit) A class of large flightless birds including emus and ostriches that are raised for their meat and hides.
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