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Word | Cassowary |
Afrikaans Meaning | kasuaris |
large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest / A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. 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. / planks collectively, especially when used for flooring or as part of a boat., | |
Usage | ⇒ Flying clouds of spray from the bow wave made the wooden planking on the deck slippery as it drifted across the boat. |
Synonyms | magpie, bird, emu, ostrich, albatross, bittern, blackbird, bluebill, bluebird, booby, bullfinch, buzzard, canary, cardinal, chickadee, cockatoo, condor, coot, cormorant, crane, |
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