Antonyms of noun ratite

1 sense of ratite

Sense 1
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)
       Antonym of carinate (Sense 1)
      => carinate, carinate bird, flying bird -- (birds having keeled breastbones for attachment of flight muscles)

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

1 sense of ratite

Sense 1
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)
       => bird -- (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)