rhea
noun
the ramie plant or fiber.
rhea
1 American
[ree-uh]
/ ˈri ə /
noun
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rheas
plural
Rhea
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American
[ree-uh]
/ ˈri ə /
noun
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Classical Mythology. a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the wife and sister of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia: identified with Cybele and, by the Romans, with Ops.
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Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
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(lowercase) either of two South American, ratite birds, Rhea americana or Pterocnemia pennata, resembling the African ostrich but smaller and having three toes.
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a female given name.
-rhea
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Rhea
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British
/ ˈrɪə /
noun
Rhea
2
British
/ ˈrɪə /
noun
rhea
3
British
/ ˈrɪə /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of rhea1
First recorded in 1850–55, rhea is from the Assamese word rihā
Origin of Rhea2
First recorded in 1700–10; from Latin Rhea, from Greek Rhéa; further origin uncertain
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Their peer-reviewed paper on rhea will be presented at the International Society for Computational Biology's annual conference, which will take place July 12-16 in Montreal.
From Science Daily ● May 7, 2024
Mr Alleyne had warned would-be rhea wranglers not to approach Chris, as the birds "can kick very hard".
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2024
Di Leonardo said the man told him he ordered the rhea egg online while he was drunk.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
The Tehuelche were innovators, too: Outsiders marveled at their bolas, weighted rope snares they swung and launched from horseback to hunt llamalike guanaco and flightless rhea birds.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 7, 2023
The creature was an emu; of the same family as the African ostrich, the rhea of America, and the cassowary of the Indian archipelago.
From Twice Lost by C.J. Stanilard
But weeks later, his actress girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty was arrested following accusations from Rajput's father that she had contributed to his suicide.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
“Pluribus” star Rhea Seehorn finally won the best actress statues that long eluded her, and series creator Vince Gilligan scored a writing Emmy.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2026
For best drama actress, Rosen says it will be a race between "Pluribus" star Rhea Seehorn and Keri Russell for political soap opera "The Diplomat."
From Barron's ● Sep. 12, 2026
In the leading actress in a drama, it’s a tight race between Rhea Seehorn for “Pluribus” and Keri Russell for “The Diplomat.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The family of Rhea Hurrle was doubly surprised; they hadn't known about the astronaut testing or that she was such an accomplished pilot.
From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson
Yet rheas only live in South America, and ostriches only live in Africa.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
In South America, Darwin saw flightless, ground-dwelling birds called rheas.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
We drove a long way to the northern border of the park but saw no anteaters or rheas.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 22, 2013
Greater rheas graze in savanna grass in South America.
From National Geographic
Darwin has hunted rheas in Patagonia, studied owls outside Buenos Aires, and scaled a waterfall in Tahiti.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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