rheas
- plural of rhea.
Example Sentences
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Darwin saw two species of rheas in South America.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
In South America, Darwin saw flightless, ground-dwelling birds called rheas.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
Ostriches and emus are members of the ratites, a group of flightless birds that also includes rheas and kiwis.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2011
The ratites include African ostriches and emus, cassowaries, and kiwis, all of the South Pacific and greater and lesser rheas of 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
