rhea(n = noun.animal)rhea americana - larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia;
The ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass. [1913 Webster]
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Any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich. [1913 Webster]