rhea

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noun fertility goddess in ancient Greek mythology; wife of Cronus and mother of Zeus; identified with Roman Ops and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
noun smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan
noun larger of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Brazil to Patagonia

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa, “the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”).

For a safe cradle 'twas by Rhea found. — The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno, Dante Alighieri
Mr. L. speaks about Sir John Herschel’s perceiving flowers (the Papaver rheas, etc. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
Then on Mount Aventine the son of Jove The priestess Rhea found, and forc’d to love. — The Aeneid, Virgil

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