PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pterocnemia pennata mean? 

• PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA (noun)
  The noun PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA has 1 sense:

1. smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan

  Familiarity information: PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PTEROCNEMIA PENNATA (noun)

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Meaning:

Smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

nandu; Pterocnemia pennata; rhea

Hypernyms ("Pterocnemia pennata" is a kind of...):

flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)

Holonyms ("Pterocnemia pennata" is a member of...):

genus Pterocnemia; Pterocnemia (a genus of birds of the family Rheidae)