Editing Rhea (bird) (section)

==Etymology==
The name "rhea" was used in 1752 by [[Paul Möhring]] and adopted as the [[English language|English]] common name. Möhring named the rhea after the [[Titan (mythology)|Greek Titan]] [[Rhea (mythology)|Rhea]], whose [[Ancient Greek]] name ({{lang|grc|Ῥέα}}) is thought to come from {{lang|grc|ἔρα}} (''éra'', "ground"). This was fitting with the rhea being a flightless ground bird. Depending on the South American region, the rhea is known locally as {{lang|gn|ñandú guazu}} ([[Guaraní language|Guaraní]] –or related Tupi ''nhandú-gûasú''– meaning "big spider"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Edelweiss |first1=Frederico G. |title=Gûaçú e usú na diacronia das línguas e dialetos Tupi-Guaranis |lang=pt|year=1972 |publisher=[[Institute of Brazilian Studies at the University of São Paulo|Instituto de Estudoes Brasileiros]] |url=http://www.etnolinguistica.org/artigo:edelweiss-1969-guasu}}</ref> most probably concerning their habit of opening and lowering alternate wings when they run),{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} {{lang|pt|ema}} ([[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]), {{lang|ay|suri}} ([[Aymara language|Aymara]] and [[Southern Quechua|Quechua]]),<ref>{{Ref Bertonio}}</ref><ref>{{Ref Laime}}</ref> or {{lang|arn|choique}} ([[Mapudungun language|Mapudungun]]). {{lang|mis|Nandu}} is the common name in many European languages and may sometimes be heard in English.<ref name=":0"/>