cassowaries in English
noun
1
a very large flightless bird related to the emu, with a bare head and neck, a tall horny crest, and one or two colored wattles. It is native mainly to the forests of New Guinea.
Ostriches, emus, cassowaries , rheas, kiwis, moas and elephant birds really are more closely related to each other than they are to any other birds.
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1. Aepyornis: 1 n huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar Synonyms: elephant bird 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