cassowary (redirected from Double-wattled cassowary)

cas·so·war·y  (ks-wr)

n. pl. cas·so·war·ies

Any of several large flightless birds of the genus Casuarius of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent areas, having a large bony projection on the top of the head and brightly colored wattles.

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[Malay kesuari.]

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cassowary

Noun

pl -waries a large flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea [Malay k\#esuari]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cassowary - large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest 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 Casuarius, genus Casuarius - type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries