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Definition of Cassowary

Cassowary
Cassowary Cas"so*wa*ry, n.; pl. Cassowaries. [Malay kasu[=a]ri.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Meaning of Cassowary from wikipedia

- C****owaries (Tok Pisin: muruk, Indonesian: kasuari) are flightless birds of the genus Casuarius in the order Casuariiformes. They are classified as ratites:...
- The southern c****owary (Casuarius casuarius), also known as double-wattled c****owary, Australian c****owary, or two-wattled c****owary, is a large flightless...
- C****owary is an incremental constraint solving toolkit that efficiently solves systems of linear equalities and inequalities. Constraints may be either...
- northern c****owary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) also known as the one-wattled c****owary, single-wattled c****owary, or golden-necked c****owary, is a large...
- C****owary is a large flightless bird native to Australia and New Guinea. C****owary may also refer to: C****owary (software), a toolkit to solve equations...
- The dwarf c****owary (Casuarius bennetti), also known as Bennett's c****owary, little c****owary, mountain c****owary or muruk, is the smallest of the three...
- Casuarius lydekkeri, also called the pygmy c****owary, is an extinct species of c****owary. Casuarius lydekkeri was distributed in New South Wales during...
- The C****owary Coast Region is a local government area in the Far North Queensland region of Queensland, Australia, south of Cairns and centred on the...
- Casuariidae /kæsjuːəˈraɪ.ɪdiː/ has four surviving members: the three species of c****owary and the emu. All living members of the family are very large flightless...
- bird that was later used by Portuguese explorers to describe the related c****owary in Australia and New Guinea. Another theory is that it comes from the...