Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rhea

3 senses of rhea

Sense 1
Rhea -- (fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor)
       INSTANCE OF=> Titaness -- ((Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant goddesses who were offspring of Uranus (heaven) and Gaea (earth) in ancient mythology)

Sense 2
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)
       => ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird -- (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)

Sense 3
rhea, Rhea americana -- (larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia)
       => ratite, ratite bird, flightless bird -- (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)