cassowary

English - Turkish

Definition of cassowary in English Turkish dictionary: tepeli devekuşu; devekuşu cinsinden fakat daha ufak boyda bir kuş
southern cassowary: (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) tepeli devekuşu

English - English

Definition of cassowary in English English dictionary: 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; {n} a large fowl with small useless wings; 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; A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies; Any of several species of ratite (family Casuariidae) of the Australo-Papuan region. Related to the emu, it has been known to kill humans with slashing blows of its feet, which have long, daggerlike claws on the innermost toe. It has a featherless blue head protected by a bony crest and has a black body (immature birds are brownish). It moves rapidly along narrow tracks in the bush. Cassowaries eat fruit and small animals. The largest species is the common, or southern, cassowary(Casuarius casuarius), which stands almost 5 ft (1.5 m) tall; large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest; {i} large flightless bird which is related to the ostrich (native to Australia and New Guinea)

cassowary

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cas·so·wa·ry

käsıweri

/ˈkasəˌwerē/ /ˈkæsəˌwɛriː/

[ 'ka-s&-"wer-E ] (noun.) 1611. From Malay kĕsuari, name of the same bird.

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