"ratite" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹætaɪt/
Etymology: From Latin ratis (“raft”) + -ite. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ratis|-ite|lang1=la|t1=raft}} Latin ratis (“raft”) + -ite Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ratite (not comparable)
  1. Pertaining to the order Struthioniformes (as opposed to carinate). Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: ratitate
    Sense id: en-ratite-en-adj-YjDtjLNo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 53 47

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹætaɪt/ Forms: ratites [plural]
Etymology: From Latin ratis (“raft”) + -ite. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ratis|-ite|lang1=la|t1=raft}} Latin ratis (“raft”) + -ite Head templates: {{en-noun}} ratite (plural ratites)
  1. 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 Categories (lifeform): Ratites Synonyms: ratite Hypernyms: bird Hyponyms: cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, nothura, ostrich, rhea, tinamou Translations (bird): strutsilintu (Finnish), ratite [masculine] (French), Laufvogel [masculine] (German), ratite [masculine] (Italian), tsídii doo ndaatʼáʼii (Navajo), bezgrzebieniowiec [masculine] (Polish), ratite [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ratite-en-noun-5sXNeAUf Disambiguation of Ratites: 27 73 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ite Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ite: 53 47

Inflected forms

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