Rheiformes
Translingual
![](Images/wiktionary/Greater_rhea_pair_arp.jpg.webp)
Etymology
Rhea + -iformes
Proper noun
Rheiformes
- A taxonomic order within the subclass Aves – the rheas.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Reptilia - class; Aves - subclass; Paleognathae - infraclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Rheidae - sole family
References
Rhea (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rheiformes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Rheiformes on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Rheiformes at Avian Taxonomy in Flux
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521