ratitae

1. 1.

   used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders

   Synonymssuperorder Ratitae

   Broaderanimal order

   Part ofAves

Other forms of ratitae

plural

ratitaes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ratitae

What does ratitae mean?

ratitae means "used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders".

How many syllables are in ratitae?

ratitae has 3 syllables: ra-ti-tae. The stress falls on "ra".

What is another word for ratitae?

Close synonyms include superorder Ratitae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ratitae a common word?

ratitae is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.