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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 (Indonesian: kasuari, Biak: man suar 'bird strong', Tok Pisin: muruk, Papuan:[citation needed] kasu weri 'horned head' ) are flightless birds...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- C****owary is an incremental constraint solving toolkit that efficiently solves systems of linear equalities and inequalities. Constraints may be either...
- an extinct species of c****owary. Remains attributed to the species are generally around the size of the living dwarf c****owary (Casuarius bennetti). Remains...
- 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...
- C****owary is a rural locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, C****owary had a po****tion of 119 people. The north-western...
- 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...