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cassowary

DEFINITIONS OF: cassowary

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n large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest

Type 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
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