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    EMU NOVAEHOLLANDIAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smallerplay

    Synonyms:

    Dromaius novaehollandiae; emu; Emu novaehollandiae

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Emu novaehollandiae" 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 ("Emu novaehollandiae" is a member of...):

    Dromaius; genus Dromaius (a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes)

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