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rhea en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹiːə/
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa, “the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”).

Meanings

  1. A large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.

Forms

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rheas Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

common rhea · greater rhea · Darwin's rhea · grey rhea · lesser rhea · American rhea · puna rhea

Translations (29)

chr ᎠᎺᎵᎨ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (flightless bird) · nv Shádiʼááhdę́ę́ʼ tsídiitsoh (flightless bird) · pt ema (flightless bird) · cmn 鶆䴈 /𱉵𬸩 (flightless bird) · pl nandu (flightless bird) · hu nandu (flightless bird) · it nandù (flightless bird) · ru нанду (flightless bird) · ca nyandú (flightless bird) · ast ñandú (flightless bird) · nl nandoe (flightless bird) · es ñandú (flightless bird) · fi nandu (flightless bird) · sv nandu (flightless bird) · fr nandou (flightless bird) · ko 레아 (flightless bird) · chr ᎵᎠ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (flightless bird) · tpw nhandu (flightless bird) · ja レア (flightless bird) · pt nandu (flightless bird) · as ৰিয়া চৰাই (flightless bird) · ro nandu (flightless bird) · eo reao (flightless bird) · qu suri (flightless bird) · de Nandu (flightless bird) · sw nandu (flightless bird) · cs nandu (flightless bird) · pt nhandu (flightless bird) · eo nanduo (flightless bird)

rhea en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Assamese ৰিহা (riha, “rihā”).

Meanings

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