noun Download 🔗Share A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou Examples : "At the zoo, we saw the ostrich and the emu, learning that these large, flightless birds are both types of ratites. " bird animal biology nature Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading