nandu

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun nandu has 1 sense

nandu(n = noun.animal) pterocnemia pennata, rhea - smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan; Array

is a kind of flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird

is a member of genus pterocnemia, pterocnemia

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CIDE DICTIONARY

nandu, n. [Braz. nhandu or yandu.].

Any one of three species of South American ostriches of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia, especially the smallest, Pterocnemia pennata (formerly Rhea Americana), called also the common rhea. They are tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed, found from Peru to the Straits of Magellan. See Rhea. [1913 Webster]

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