Rhea
noun
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the ramie plant or fiber.
noun
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Classical Mythology. a Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaea, the wife and sister of Cronus, and the mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hera, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia: identified with Cybele and, by the Romans, with Ops.
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Astronomy. one of the moons of Saturn.
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(lowercase) either of two South American, ratite birds, Rhea americana or Pterocnemia pennata, resembling the African ostrich but smaller and having three toes.
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a female given name.
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variant of -rrhea.
noun
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either of two large fast-running flightless birds, Rhea americana or Pterocnemia pennata, inhabiting the open plains of S South America: order Rheiformes. They are similar to but smaller than the ostrich, having three-toed feet and a completely feathered body See ratite
noun
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(Greek myth) a Titaness, wife of Cronus and mother of several of the gods, including Zeus: a fertility goddess Roman counterpart Ops
noun
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the second largest satellite of the planet Saturn
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