Akademik

Casuariiformes

noun

a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus

• Syn: ↑order Casuariiformes

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Aves, ↑class Aves

• Member Meronyms: ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Dromaius, ↑genus Dromaius

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\\ˌkazhəˌwa(a)rēəˈfȯrˌmēz\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Casuarius, type genus + -iformes

: an order of large ostrichlike birds (superorder Neognathae) comprising the cassowaries and the emus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.