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Definition: cassowary
cassowary
n : large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea
having a horny head crest
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cassowary
Cassowary
\Cas"so*wa*ry\, n.; pl.
Cassowaries. [Malay
kasu[=a]ri.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
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