emu novaehollandiae

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   large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

   SynonymsemuDromaius novaehollandiae

   Broaderratite

   Part ofDromaius

Questions about emu novaehollandiae

What does emu novaehollandiae mean?

emu novaehollandiae means "large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller".

What is another word for emu novaehollandiae?

Close synonyms include emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is emu novaehollandiae a common word?

emu novaehollandiae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.