CASSOWARY


Meaning of CASSOWARY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈka-sə-ˌwer-ē ]

noun

( plural -war·ies )

Etymology: Malay kĕsuari, from an Austronesian language of the Moluccas

Date: 1611

: any of a genus ( Casuarius ) of large ratite birds chiefly of New Guinea and northern Australia that have a horny casque on the head and are closely related to the emu

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