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Ratite vs Rathite - What's the difference?

ratite | rathite |

As nouns the difference between ratite and rathite

is that ratite is a bird of the order of struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou while rathite is (mineralogy) a monoclinic-prismatic lead gray mineral containing arsenic, lead, silver, sulfur, and thallium.

ratite

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou

    • Anagrams

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    rathite

    English

    Noun

  • (mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic lead gray mineral containing arsenic, lead, silver, sulfur, and thallium.

    • References

    * Rathite in the Mineralogy Database: [http://webmineral.com/data/Rathite.shtml]