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1. (n.) rhea
either of two ostrichlike ratite birds, Rhea americana or Pterocnemia pennata, of South America.
2. (n.) Rhea
(in Greek myth) a Titan, the wife and sister of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia: identified by the Romans with Ops.
Etymology: (1890–95; < Gk rhêma saying, word =
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1. (noun) Rhea
fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
2. (noun) rhea, nandu, Pterocnemia pennata
smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
3. (noun) rhea, Rhea americana
larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia
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1. (noun) rhea
the ramie or grass-cloth plant. See Grass-cloth plant, under Grass
2. (noun) rhea
any one of three species of large South American ostrichlike birds of the genera Rhea and Pterocnemia. Called also the American ostrich
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1. rhea
in the Greek mythology a goddess, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia, the wife of Kronos, and mother of the chief Olympian deities, Zeus, Pluto, Poseidon, Hera, Demeter, and Hestia, and identified by the Greeks of Asia Minor with the great earth goddess Cybele, and whose worship as such, like that of all the other earth deities, was accompanied with wild revelry.
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