cassowary
noun
any of several large flightless, ratite birds of the genus Casuarius, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, characterized by a bony casque on the front of the head.
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pluralof cassowary.plural
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"Birds like chickens, wrens and cassowaries have low values and tend not to fly very far," Baldwin said in explaining the index values.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 3, 2024
A black bear, a tortoise, meerkats, otters, elephants, hogs, hippos, jaguars, cassowaries, snow leopards, flamingos, piranhas, peccaries and howler monkeys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2021
Those settlers found rainforests stalked by large, irritable, razor-footed cassowaries — and eventually worked out how to put them to use.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2021
The Gainesville Sun reports that a permit is normally required to possess, sell or publicly exhibit cassowaries, but breeders are exempt from the rule.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 15, 2019
Or it might be birds that caught my attention: pink flamingos or black swans or one-wattled cassowaries, or something smaller, silver diamond doves, Cape glossy starlings, peach-faced lovebirds, Nanday conures, orange-fronted parakeets.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
