Look up: Cassowary

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   Cassowary
   The cassowary are a genus of ruminating birds similar to the ostrich.
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   cassowary
   [n] - large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
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   cassowary
   flightless bird Category: Botany and zoology
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   Cassowary
   Cas'so·wa·ry noun ; plural Cassowaries . [ Malay kasuāri .] (Zoology) 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, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defens ...
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   cassowary
   noun large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
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   Cassowary
   `Cassowaries` (genus `Casuarius`) are very large flightless birds native to the tropical forests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia. Some nearby islands also have small cassowary populations, but it is not known if these are natural or the result of the New Guinea trade in young birds. They are frugivorous; fallen fruit and fruit on low branches is the mainstay of their diet. They also eat fungi, snails, insects, frogs, snakes and other sma...
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   Cassowary
   • (n.) 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, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with grea...
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   cassowary
   any of several species of large flightless birds of the Australo-Papuan region. Cassowaries are the only members of the family Casuariidae and belong ... [2 related articles]
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   cassowary
   cassowary (kăs'uwâr"ē) , common name for a flightless, swift-running, pugnacious forest bird of Australia and the Malay Archipelago, smaller than the ostrich and emu. The plumage is dark and glossy and the head and neck unfeathered, wattled, and brilliantly colored, with var...
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