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Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (3)
1. fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor;
2. smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan;
[syn: rhea, nandu, Pterocnemia pennata]
3. larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia;
[syn: rhea, Rhea americana]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Magna Mater \Magna Mater\ prop. n. A great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; the counterpart of the Greek Rhea and the Roman Ops. Syn: Cybele, Dindymene, Great Mother, Mater Turrita. [WordNet 1.5]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ramie \Ram"ie\ (r[a^]m"[-e]), n. [From Malay.] (Bot.) The grasscloth plant (B[oe]hmeria nivea); also, its fiber, which is very fine and exceedingly strong; -- called also China grass, and rhea. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rhea \Rhe"a\, n. (Bot.) The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rhea \Rhe"a\, n. [L., a proper name.] (Zool.) Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich. [1913 Webster] Note: The common rhea, or nandou (Rhea Americana), ranges from Brazil to Patagonia. Darwin's rhea (Pterocnemia Darwinii), of Patagonia, is smaller, and has the legs feathered below the knee. [1913 Webster]
