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Pertaining to the order Struthioniformes (as opposed to carinate). quotations examples
Against what was probably the general expectation, it became undeniable that New Zealand was indeed the home of huge ratite birds.
2000, Errol Fuller, Extinct Birds, Oxford, page 37
plural ratites
A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou examples