noun🔗ShareRatitesA 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"At the zoo, we saw the ostrich and the emu, learning that these large, flightless birds are both types of ratites. "Au zoo, nous avons vu l'autruche et l'émeu, apprenant que ces grands oiseaux incapables de voler sont tous deux des ratites.birdanimalbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading