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| rat·ite [ rá tt ] (plural rat·ite or rat·ites) |
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flightless bird: a flightless bird such as an ostrich or emu that has a flat breastbone without the ridge-shaped part keel to which the flight muscles are attached in a flying bird
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| [Late 19th century. < Latin ratitus "having the figure of a raft" < ratis "raft"] |
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