nandu

See also: Nandu, nandù, nándù, ñandu, and ñandú

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French nandou from Spanish ñandú from Guaraní ñandu guasu

Noun

nandu (plural nandus)

  1. Any of the rheas: the large, flightless birds of the three species of South American ratites of the genus Rhea (Brisson, 1760), which is also known by its junior synonym Pterocnemia (Gray, 1871).

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for nandu in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Finnish

(index na)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑndu/
  • Hyphenation: nan‧du

Noun

nandu

  1. rhea (bird of the family Rheidae)
  2. greater rhea, American rhea, Rhea americana (only extant species of the genus Rhea, native to eastern South America)

Declension

Inflection of nandu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative nandu nandut
genitive nandun nandujen
partitive nandua nanduja
illative nanduun nanduihin
singular plural
nominative nandu nandut
accusative nom. nandu nandut
gen. nandun
genitive nandun nandujen
partitive nandua nanduja
inessive nandussa nanduissa
elative nandusta nanduista
illative nanduun nanduihin
adessive nandulla nanduilla
ablative nandulta nanduilta
allative nandulle nanduille
essive nanduna nanduina
translative nanduksi nanduiksi
instructive — nanduin
abessive nandutta nanduitta
comitative — nanduineen

Derived terms

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Spanish ñandú from Guaraní ñandu guasu

Noun

nandu m (plural nandus)

  1. rhea (any of the American flightless birds of the genus Rhea)

Synonyms

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