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Definition of Genus 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 Genus Casuarius
Literary usage of Genus Casuarius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"... species of the genus Casuarius. The cassowary of the island of Ceram is one
of the best known. It is the helmeted cassowary of science (C. galeatus). ..."
2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Casuarius has even shorter wings than the Ostriches, and feathers which
resemble pendent hairs, and three toes, each furnished with a nail. ..."
3. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1877)
"Further Remarks on the Cassowaries living in the Society's Gardens, and on other
Species of the genus Casuarius. Tom. cit. pp. 84-87. ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Casuarius has even shorter wings than the Ostriches, and feathers which
resemble pendent hairs, and three toes, each furnished with a nail. ..."
5. A Text-book of Zoogeography by Frank Evers Beddard (1895)
"The species of the genus Casuarius' present an excellent instance of the
specialisation of a genus when its region is broken up by barriers ..."
6. The Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by John Timbs (1873)
"... a list of the other known species of the genus Casuarius, and an account of
their geographical distribution, were added,—from Dr. A. Giinther, ..."
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