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Definition of Casuarius
1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Casuaridae, Family Casuaridae
Member holonyms: Cassowary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Casuarius
Literary usage of Casuarius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1824)
"... as forming two distinct species, and which might even be considered as genera.
They are characterized by the names of Struthio Casuarius and Casuarius ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Casuarius, Briss. The Cassowaries have wings still shorter than those of the Ostrich,
... Struthio casuarius, L.; Emeu,(2) Enl. 313, and better Frisch, 10S. ..."
3. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"... E, Casuarius (Cassowary), ant. lot. pr. anterior lateral process ; ear.
carina ; cl. clavicle ; ear. coracoid ; fan. fontanelle ; fur. furcula ..."
4. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"... the Casuarius Emu, and the long-legged Cassowary from New South Wales. By Sir
Everard Home, Bart. FRS Read December 17, 1812. [Phil. Trans. 1813,^. 77. ..."
5. Ostriches and Ostrich Farming by Julius de Mosenthal, James Edmund Harting (1877)
"CHAPTER V. THE AUSTRALIAN CASSOWARY— Casuarius australis, WALL. The cassowaries—The
respects in which they differ from the true ostriches —Their ..."
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