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Rhea definition

Rhea (ə)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. daughter of Uranus and Gaea, wife of Cronus, and mother of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hera, and Hestia: identified with the Roman Ops and the Phrygian Cybele
  2. a large satellite of Saturn
  3. any of an order (Rheiformes) of large, South American, flightless birds, smaller than an ostrich, having three toes and a feathered head and neck

Etymology: L < Gr

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