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Preferred term

Rheiformes  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • American Ostriches
  • Ostriches, American
  • Rheas

Note

  • note entry term OSTRICH, AMERICAN: OSTRICHES see STRUTHIONIFORMES is available

Scope note

  • An order of large, long-necked, long-legged, flightless birds, found in South America. Known as rheas, they are sometimes called American ostriches, though they are in a separate order from true OSTRICHES.

History note

  • 2005 (1999)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020311

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