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How to pronounce cassowary in English?

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Type of flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird

Examples of cassowary

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He has been hunting with bow and arrow and bagged a small cassowary in the night.
From the themercury.com.au
We keep an eagle eye out for the resident cassowary, but we didn't spy him.
From the cairns.com.au
Finally two men carry out a bound cassowary and place it on the ground.
From the guardian.co.uk
Signboards at the carpark outlined cassowary protocol and a few facts.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Oz is also home to nine of the world's 10 most poisonous snakes and the cassowary bird.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The one documented human death caused by a cassowary was on 6 April 1926.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Also native to Australia and the islands to the north are the three species of cassowary.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The seeds are often so large that only the cassowary can swallow and thereby disperse them.
From the independent.co.uk
But the cassowary is heavier, deserving the title of national giant.
From the newscientist.com
More examples
  • Large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest
  • The cassowary (genus Casuarius) is a very large flightless bird native to the tropical forests of New Guinea, nearby islands and northeastern Australia.Clements, J (2007)
  • Cassowary is an incremental constraint solving toolkit that efficiently solves systems of linear equalities and inequalities. Constraints may be either requirements or preferences. ...
  • A large bird, significant in Mendi ritual.
  • Large, flightless bird similar to an emu. Used for food; feathers and claws used as decoration on many types of objects.
  • A flightless bird of the forest; they stand 1.2 to 1.8 meters (about 4 to 6 feet) high and can run as fast as 48 kilometers per hour (30 miles per hour) when frightened