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Look up: emu

  1. Emu
    The emu is a large, ostrich-like flightless bird found in Australia and resembling the cassowary in its vestigial wings and double-plumed feathers, but differing in the absence of the helmet, wattles, and spine-like quills on the wings.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. EMU
    EMU is an abbreviation for ElectroMagnetic Unit; Extravehicular Mobility Unit
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  3. EMU
    Is the European Monetary Union.
    Found on http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/

  4. emu
    [n] - large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. EMU
    Abbreviation for Economic and Monetary Union, the proposed European Union (EU) policy for a single currency and common economic policies. ...
    Found on http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/

  6. EMU
    electromagnetic unit
    Found on http://www.radio-tech.co.uk/support/info

  7. emu
    Early morning urine.
    Found on http://www.bmb.leeds.ac.uk/mbiology/ug/u

  8. emu
    flightless bird Category: Botany and zoology
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Emu
    E'mu noun [ Confer Portuguese ema ostrich, French émou , émeu , emu.] (Zoology) A large Australian bird, of two species ( Dromaius Novæ-Hollandiæ and D. irroratus ), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. [ Written also emeu and emew .] » The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Br ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/32

  10. emu
    <zoology> A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. Irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly. ... Alternative forms: emeu and emew. ... The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich. Emu wren. ... Origin: ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  11. emu
    Dromaius novaehollandiae noun large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  12. Emu
    The `Emu` (pronunciation: ), `Dromaius novaehollandiae`, is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus `Dromaius`. It is also the second-largest extant bird in the world by height, after its ratite relative, the ostrich. The soft-feathered, brown, flightless birds reach up to 2 m (6 ft) in height. The Emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids heavily populated areas, dense forest and arid ...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu

  13. EMU
    European Monetary Union.
    Found on http://www.econterms.com/glossary.cgi?qu

  14. Emu
    • (n.) A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  15. emu
    flightless bird of Australia and second largest living bird: the emu is more than 1.5 m (5 feet) tall and may weigh more than 45 kilograms (100 ... [2 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/27

  16. emu
    Abbreviation for electromagnetic unit.
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  17. EMU
    Economic and Monetary Union
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/

  18. emu
    a CGS unit of magnetic dipole moment equal to 4pi micro-oersteds (1.256 637 x 10-5 Oe). In SI units, one emu equals 0.001 A•m2.
    Found on http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictE.

  19. emu
    emu or emeu (both: ē'myOO) , common name for a large, flightless bird of Australia, related to the cassowary and the ostrich. It is 5 to 6 ft (150–180 cm) tall and a very swift runner. The head and neck are feathered. The six or seven dark green eggs, laid in a sandy pit, are sometim...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08172


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