emu-wren

British

noun

any Australian wren of the genus Stipiturus, having long plumy tail feathers

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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.

From The Golden Bough by Sir James George Frazer

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