"emeu" meaning in All languages combined

See emeu on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: emeus [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} emeu (plural emeus)
  1. Obsolete spelling of emu. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: emu
    Sense id: en-emeu-en-noun-YgYbx7-P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "[page 1] 1. EGGES. Caſſawary, or Emeu, vide Aldrov: p. 542. Harveum, G.A. p. 61. […] [page 3] 4. CLAWES. […] A legge and claw of the Caſſawary or Emeu that dyed at S. James’s, Weſtminſter.",
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          "text": "It is a native both of the Eaſt and Weſt Indies; and all the writers on birds have deſscribed it. Aldrovand [Ulisse Aldrovandi] calls it Emeu ſive Eme; Boulius, Emeu vulgo Caſoarius; and others, Caſſuarus.",
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          "text": "From New Holland the emeu, / With his better moiety, / Has paid a visit to the Zo- / ological Society.",
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