cassowary

cassowary
noun (plural -waries) 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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  • Cassowary — Cas so*wa*ry, n.; pl. {Cassowaries}. [Malay kasu[=a]ri.] (Zo[ o]l.) A large bird, of the genus {Casuarius}, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cassowary — 1610s, via French or Dutch, from Malay kasuari …   Etymology dictionary

  • cassowary — ► NOUN (pl. cassowaries) ▪ a very large flightless bird related to the emu, native mainly to New Guinea. ORIGIN Malay …   English terms dictionary

  • cassowary — [kas′ə wer΄ē] n. pl. cassowaries [Malay kasuārī] any of a family (Casuariidae) of large, flightless birds of Australia and New Guinea with a brightly colored, featherless neck and head: with the larger emus, they form a unique order… …   English World dictionary

  • Cassowary — Taxobox name = Cassowary image width = 200px image caption = Southern Cassowary regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Struthioniformes familia = Casuariidae genus = Casuarius genus authority = Brisson, 1760 subdivision ranks …   Wikipedia

  • cassowary — /kas euh wer ee/, n., pl. cassowaries. any of several large flightless, ratite birds of the genus Casuarius, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, characterized by a bony casque on the front of the head. [1605 15; by uncert. mediation …   Universalium

  • cassowary — /ˈkæsəwəri / (say kasuhwuhree) noun (plural cassowaries) 1. any of several large three toed flightless ratite birds constituting the genus Casuarius, of Australia, New Guinea and nearby islands, superficially resembling the ostrich but smaller.… …  

  • Cassowary — Helmkasuar Helmkasuar (Casuarius casuarius) Systematik Klasse: Vögel (Aves) Unterklasse …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • cassowary —   n. emu like bird of Australasia.    ♦ cassowary tree, casuarina …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • cassowary — kazuarai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Casuarius angl. cassowary vok. Kasuar, m rus. казуар, m pranc. casoar, m ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kazuariniai siauresnis terminas – nykštukinis kazuaras siauresnis terminas –… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

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