GENUS DROMAIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Dromaius mean? 

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

1. a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes

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

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• GENUS DROMAIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dromaius; genus Dromaius

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Dromaius"):

Dromaius novaehollandiae; emu; Emu novaehollandiae (large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller)

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

Casuariiformes; order Casuariiformes (a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus)