genus rhea

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	rhea, rhea americana,
definition	:	larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family rheidae, rheidae,
definition	:	a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes (noun.animal)