OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 5189

emu

/ˈiːmjuː/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
emú
A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.
From New Holland the emeu, / With his better moiety, / Has paid a visit to the Zo- / ological Society.
I left my young emeus […] just parted from their affectionate father, and not yet fully reconciled to beginning the world on their own account.
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