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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Cassowary \Cas"so*wa*ry\, n.; pl. {Cassowaries}. [Malay
kasu[=a]ri.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster] Cassumunar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cassowary
n 1: large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea
having a horny head crest
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