EMU

emu. Emu, n. a very large bird of S.America, six feet high with small useless wings

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E″mu (?), n. [[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.