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Webster 1913 Edition

Emu

E′mu

Noun.

[Cf. Pg.

ema

ostrich, F.

émou

émeu

, emu.]

(Zoöl.)

A large Australian bird, of two species (

Dromaius Novæ-Hollandiæ

and

D. irroratus

), related to the cassowary and the ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.

[Written also

emeu

and

emew

☞ The name is sometimes erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the rhea, or South American ostrich.

Emu wren

See in the Vocabulary.

Webster 1828 Edition

Emu

E'MU

Noun.

A large fowl of S. America, with wings unfit for flight.

This name properly belongs to the Cassowary, but has been erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the Rhea or S. American ostrich.

Definition 2024

emú

See also: emu, Emu, EMU, ému, and emù

Spanish

Noun

emú m ‎(plural emúes)