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CASSOWARY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cassowary" is a kind of...):
flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)
Holonyms ("cassowary" is a member of...):
Casuarius; genus Casuarius (type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries)
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