Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The typical and only genus of the subfamily Casuariinæ the cassowaries.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the type and sole genus of the
Casuaridae ; the cassowaries.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries
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Examples
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Scientifically it is known as Casuarius casuarius, a Latinized version of one of its Papuan names, “kasu weri,” meaning “horned head.”
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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One, a four-ton giant stretching thirty-five feet from nose to tail, so closely resembled a cassowary that scientists named it Corythosaurus casuarius.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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This last reserve, with a wide range of forest types, conserves the cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
Seram rain forests 2008
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Notable is the presence of the flightless Australian cassowary Casuarius casuarius, one of the largest birds in the world.
Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008
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The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius VU) is found here in rainforest habitat; its distribution extends to New Guinea and other regions of Australia.
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The ecoregion also harbors the largest bird in the Moluccas, the two-wattled cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).
Seram rain forests 2008
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Shipped from Calcutta and named in honour of Philip Sclater (who is also commemorated in the name of a C. casuarius subspecies), it was probably captured in New Guinea and is worthy of note because of the extraordinary morphology Rothschild described for it.
Archive 2006-02-01 Darren Naish 2006
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He had found a giant flightless bird known as Casuarius casuarius—more familiarly, the Australian cassowary.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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He had found a giant flightless bird known as Casuarius casuarius—more familiarly, the Australian cassowary.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Corythosaurus casuarius skeleton partially covered in skin.
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