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ratite

/ˈɹætaɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables
ratite
IPA
/ˈɹætaɪt/
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to running, flightless birds with no keels on their sternums (as opposed to carinate).

noun

A member of a diverse group of mostly large, running, flightless birds that lack keels on their sternums, mostly extinct such as the elephant bird and the moa, but including the extant cassowaries, emu, kiwi, ostrich, and rhea; formerly grouped together in the order Struthioniformes, and including the Paleognathae except the tinamous.

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Etymology

From Latin ratis (“raft”) + -ite; ratites (unlike other birds) lack a keel on their sternum, and rafts are vessels that lack keels.

Inflected Forms

ratites (plural)

Synonyms

ratitate ratite ratite bird flightless bird

Rhymes With

statite

Questions

How do you pronounce ratite?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹætaɪt/.
What does ratite mean?
Pertaining to running, flightless birds with no keels on their sternums (as opposed to carinate).
Where does ratite come from?
From Latin ratis (“raft”) + -ite; ratites (unlike other birds) lack a keel on their sternum, and rafts are vessels that lack keels.

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