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Definition of Cassowary
1. Noun. Large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest.
Group relationships: Casuarius, Genus Casuarius
Definition of Cassowary
1. 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 great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.
Definition of Cassowary
1. Noun. A large flightless bird of the genus ''Casuarius'', native to Australia and New Guinea, with a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous. ¹
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Definition of Cassowary
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cassowary
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Literary usage of Cassowary
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1832)
"In the cassowary of New South Wales, the solvent glands are similar to those of
the emu, but larger; and the gizzard is also similar in every respect, ..."
2. A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature by Oliver Goldsmith (1816)
"The cassowary. J. HE cassowary is a bird which was first brought into Europe ...
The cassowary, though not so large as the former, yet appears more bulky to ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"Of the New Holland cassowary, the bill of which is depressed, ... This cassowary
is tolerably common in the environs of Botany Bay and Port Jackson. ..."
4. Ostriches and Ostrich Farming by Julius de Mosenthal, James Edmund Harting (1877)
"Little as yet is known of the Papuan cassowary. H. von Rosenberg described and
named itx from two specimens procured in Northern New Guinea, and which are ..."
5. Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp by Carl Lumholtz (1889)
"Near the nest, which was formed of a not very soft bed of loose leaves YOUNG
cassowary. massed together, we placed the young one and then stepped aside to ..."
6. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1905)
"NEST AND EGGS OF THE cassowary yet been assigned for the remarkable development
of the after- shaft in the Emeu and cassowary. The third type of degeneracy ..."
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