rhea

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See also: Rhea and Rhéa

English

Greater **rhea** (*Rhea americana*), southern Argentina

Etymology 1

From Rhea (“the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”), from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːə/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -iːə

Noun

rhea (plural rheas)

A large flightless bird of the genus Rhea, native to South America.

Derived terms

Translations

flightless bird

Assamese: ৰিয়া চৰাই (ria sorai)
Asturian: ñandú (ast) m
Catalan: nyandú (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᎺᎵᎨ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (amelige gvna utana), ᎵᎠ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (lia gvna utana)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鶆䴈／𱉵𬸩 (lái'ǎo)
Dutch: nandoe (nl) m
Esperanto: nanduo, reao
Finnish: nandu (fi)
French: nandou (fr) m
German: Nandu (de) m
Hungarian: nandu (hu)
Italian: nandù (it) m
Japanese: レア (ja) (rea)
Korean: 레아 (ko) (rea)
Navajo: Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tsídiitsoh
Old Tupi: nhandu
Polish: nandu (pl)
Portuguese: ema (pt) f, nhandu (pt) m, nandu m
Quechua: suri
Romanian: nandu (ro) m
Russian: нанду (ru) (nandu)
Spanish: ñandú (es) m
Swahili: nandu
Swedish: nandu (sv) c

References

Rhea (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rhea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rhea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

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Noun

rhea

Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.

Anagrams

Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, hare, hear, hera