DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dromaius novaehollandiae mean? 

• DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE (noun)
  The noun DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE has 1 sense:

1. large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

  Familiarity information: DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dromaius novaehollandiae; emu; Emu novaehollandiae

Hypernyms ("Dromaius novaehollandiae" is a kind of...):

flightless bird; ratite; ratite bird (flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds)

Holonyms ("Dromaius novaehollandiae" is a member of...):

Dromaius; genus Dromaius (a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes)

 Context examples 

An oil rendered from the fat of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae.

(Emu Oil, NCI Thesaurus)