"emu" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈiːmjuː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈim(j)u/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-emu.ogg [Australia] Forms: emus [plural]
Etymology: Probably from Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich”). Etymology templates: {{taxfmt|Dromaius novaehollandiae|species}} Dromaius novaehollandiae, {{der|en|pt|ema||(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich}} Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} emu (plural emus)
  1. (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius). Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Ratites
    Sense id: en-emu-en-noun-Z9o6Cq92 Disambiguation of Ratites: 39 21 32 7 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 16 34 16
  2. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. Categories (place): Australia Categories (lifeform): Ratites Hyponyms (Dromaius novaehollandiae): Kangaroo Island emu (alt: †Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus), King Island emu (alt: †Dromaius novaehollandiae minor), Tasmanian emu (alt: †Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis) (english: extinct subspecies) Translations (Dromaius novaehollandiae): emoe (Afrikaans), djinaliri (Alawa), marluwiya (Anindilyakwa), دُرْمِيس أُسْتُرَالِيّ (dormīs ʔusturāliyy) [masculine] (Arabic), էմու (ēmu) (Armenian), ավստրալիական ջայլամ (avstraliakan ǰaylam) (Armenian), ইমু (imu) (Assamese), emú (Asturian), iniini (Bardi), warradya (Barngarla), э́му (ému) [masculine] (Belarusian), ему (emu) (Bulgarian), wurrparn (Burarra), emú (Catalan), ᎡᎳᏗᏝ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (eladitla gvna utana) (Cherokee), ᎢᎽ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ (imu gvna utana) (Cherokee), 鴯鶓 (Chinese Mandarin), 鸸鹋 (érmiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), emu [masculine] (Czech), emu (Danish), gungurung (Darkinjung), emoe [masculine] (Dutch), arleye (Eastern Arrernte), emuo (Esperanto), emu (Estonian), emu (Finnish), émeu [masculine] (French), émeus [masculine, plural] (French), nguruin (Gabi), emu [masculine] (Galician), thinawan (Gamilaraay), kananganja (Garawa), Emu [masculine] (German), garnanganyja (Gooniyandi), εμού (emoú) [neuter] (Greek), burriway (Guugu Yimidhirr), ngunhdhangunhdha (note: avoidance language) (Guugu Yimidhirr), אמו (Hebrew), एमू (emū) (Hindi), emu (Hungarian), emúi [masculine] (Icelandic), emuo (Ido), emu (Indonesian), emu (Interlingua), éamú [masculine] (Irish), emù [masculine] (Italian), エミュー (emyū) (Japanese), 鴯鶓 (emyū) (Japanese), samu (Kala Lagaw Ya), kardi (Kaurna), taitya (Kaurna), kurdikurdi (Kaurna), 에뮤 (emyu) (Korean), emiyu (Kriol), imiyu (Kriol), marntep (Kunbarlang), emu (Lithuanian), emu (Malay), എമു (emu) (Malayalam), imū (Maori), jankurna (Martuthunira), garrdi (Narungga), tsídiitsoh ditsʼozígíí (Navajo), waridji (Ngadjuri), ngurrurndutj (Ngalakan), ngurrurdu (Ngalkbun), jankurna (Ngarla), pinyali (Ngarrindjeri), yarli (Ngarrindjeri), breki (Ngarrindjeri), emu [masculine] (Norwegian), wirnin (Nyulnyul), weitj (Nyunga), kaḻaya (Pitjantjatjara), tjakipiri (Pitjantjatjara), emu (Polish), emu [masculine] (Portuguese), emu [masculine] (Romanian), э́му (ému) [masculine] (Russian), emeu (Samoan), emu (Serbo-Croatian), emu [masculine] (Slovene), emú [masculine] (Spanish), emu [common-gender] (Swedish), ఈము (īmu) (Telugu), yimiyuwu (Tiwi), emu (Turkish), е́му (ému) [masculine] (Ukrainian), karnanganyja (Walmajarri), gumurrinji (Wardaman), karlaya (Warlpiri), emiw [masculine] (Welsh), emiwiaid [masculine, plural] (Welsh), nguurruuyn (Wiradjuri), dhinawan [Northern, dialectal] (Wiradjuri), jebarranya (Worora), עמו (emu) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-emu-en-noun-oYIdP9jm Disambiguation of Australia: 13 66 15 6 Disambiguation of Ratites: 39 21 32 7 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 16 34 16 Disambiguation of 'Dromaius novaehollandiae': 36 64 Disambiguation of 'Dromaius novaehollandiae': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: emeu [obsolete]
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: dwarf emu (alt: †Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus), emu apple (alt: Kunzea pomifera and Owenia acidula), emu berry, emu bob, emu bush (alt: Polidia spp., Heterodendron oleaefolium, Hakea laurina) (taxonomic: Eremophila spp.), emu leather, emu-less, emu-like, emu oil, emu parade, emu patrol, Emu Plains, emu-proof, emutail, emu tree (taxonomic: Hakea francisiana), Emu Wars, emuwary, emu-wren (taxonomic: Stipiturus spp.)

Noun

IPA: /ˈiːɛmˌjuː/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-emu (init).wav [Southern-England] Forms: emu [plural]
Etymology: From e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit). Etymology templates: {{m|en|electromagnetic unit|e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit)}} e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit) Head templates: {{en-noun|emu}} emu (plural emu)
  1. (physics) Initialism of electromagnetic unit. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: electromagnetic unit Categories (topical): Physics Categories (lifeform): Ratites Synonyms: EMU
    Sense id: en-emu-en-noun-LBZ3eOb7 Disambiguation of Ratites: 39 21 32 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 11 51 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 14 44 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 16 34 16 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 22 15 49 14 Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈɛmjuː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɛmju/ [General-American] Forms: emus [plural]
Etymology: From emu(lator). Etymology templates: {{m|en|emulator|emu(lator)}} emu(lator) Head templates: {{en-noun}} emu (plural emus)
  1. (computing, video games, informal) Clipping of emulator. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Alternative form of: emulator Categories (topical): Computing, Video games
    Sense id: en-emu-en-noun-egzZsVT4 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 33 16 34 16 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences, video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

Alternative 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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          "word": "էմու"
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          "word": "ইমু"
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          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
          "word": "emú"
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          "lang": "Bardi",
          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
          "word": "iniini"
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          "lang": "Barngarla",
          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
          "word": "warradya"
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          "roman": "ému",
          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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          "word": "э́му"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "emu",
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          "word": "ему"
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          "word": "wurrparn"
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          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
          "word": "emú"
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          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "eladitla gvna utana",
          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
          "word": "ᎡᎳᏗᏝ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ"
        },
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          "code": "chr",
          "lang": "Cherokee",
          "roman": "imu gvna utana",
          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
          "word": "ᎢᎽ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ"
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        {
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
          "word": "鴯鶓"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "érmiáo",
          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
          "word": "鸸鹋"
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          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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          "word": "emu"
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          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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          "word": "emu"
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          "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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          "ref": "2005 February 24, Dane L. Galden, “Could this be used for classic emus on GBA?”, in rec.games.video.classic (Usenet), message-ID <9XkTd.5830$Ba3.2608@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>",
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      "alt": "†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus",
      "word": "dwarf emu"
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      "alt": "Kunzea pomifera and Owenia acidula",
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      "word": "emu berry"
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      "word": "emu bob"
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      "alt": "Polidia spp., Heterodendron oleaefolium, Hakea laurina",
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      "word": "emu leather"
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      "word": "emu oil"
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      "word": "emu parade"
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      "word": "emu patrol"
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      "word": "Emu Plains"
    },
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      "word": "emu-proof"
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      "word": "emutail"
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      "taxonomic": "Hakea francisiana",
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      "word": "Emu Wars"
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      "taxonomic": "Stipiturus spp.",
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      "alt": "†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus",
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      "word": "Kangaroo Island emu"
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      "alt": "†Dromaius novaehollandiae minor",
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      "alt": "†Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis",
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        {
          "ref": "1656, John Tradescant [the elder], “Some Kindes of Birds Their Egges, Beaks, Feathers, Clawes, and Spurres”, in Musæum Tradescantianum: Or, A Collection of Rarities. Preserved at South-Lambeth neer London by John Tradescant, London: Printed by John Grismond, and are to be sold by Nathanael Brooke […], →OCLC, pages 1 and 3",
          "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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          "ref": "1752, John Hill, “CASUARIUS. [The Cassowary.]”, in An History of Animals. […], London: Printed for Thomas Osborne, […], →OCLC, page 482",
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        {
          "ref": "1829, “The Progress of Zoology”, in T[homas] Crofton Croker, editor, The Christmas Box. An Annual Present to Young Persons, London: John Ebers and Co. 27 Old Bond Street; Philadelphia, Pa.: Thomas Wardle, →OCLC, page 176",
          "text": "From New Holland the emeu, / With his better moiety, / Has paid a visit to the Zo- / ological Society.",
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          "ref": "1864 June 4, William Bennett, “Acclimation and Breeding of Emeus (Dromius irroratus, Bartlett) in Surrey”, in Edward Newman, editor, The Zoologist: A Popular Miscellany of Natural History, volume XXII, London: John Van Voorst, […], →OCLC, chapter II",
          "text": "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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        {
          "ref": "1873, Anthony Trollope, “Wool”, in Australia and New Zealand. … In Two Volumes, volume II, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, pages 219–220",
          "text": "A stranger cannot but remark, throughout the pastoral districts of Australia, how seldom he sees sheep as he travels along. […] It may be that he will also expect emus and kangaroos, and he will generally be disappointed also in regard to them. Kangaroos I certainly have seen in great numbers, though by no means so often as I expected. An emu running wild I never did see. Tame emus round the houses in towns are very common, and of emus’ eggs there is a plethora.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Sankar Chatterjee, “The Avian Revolution Begins”, in The Rise of Birds: 225 Million Years of Evolution, 2nd edition, Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, page 191",
          "text": "Both cassowaries and emus are large, flightless, cursorial birds with diminutive wings. […] Emus, the world's second largest living birds, live in Australia and are the only extant member of the genus Dromaius.",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emoe"
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "دُرْمِيس أُسْتُرَالِيّ"
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      "word": "էմու"
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      "word": "ավստրալիական ջայլամ"
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      "code": "as",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "ইমু"
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      "roman": "ému",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "word": "ему"
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "ᎡᎳᏗᏝ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ"
    },
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      "code": "chr",
      "lang": "Cherokee",
      "roman": "imu gvna utana",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "ᎢᎽ ᎬᎾ ᎤᏔᎾ"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "鴯鶓"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "érmiáo",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "鸸鹋"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "word": "emu"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "word": "emu"
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      "code": "kld",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "code": "gni",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "word": "εμού"
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    {
      "code": "kky",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "burriway"
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "אמו"
    },
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "emū",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "एमू"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emu"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "emúi"
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      "code": "io",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emuo"
    },
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emu"
    },
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      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "éamú"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "emù"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "emyū",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "エミュー"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "emyū",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "鴯鶓"
    },
    {
      "code": "mwp",
      "lang": "Kala Lagaw Ya",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "samu"
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      "code": "zku",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "kardi"
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    {
      "code": "zku",
      "lang": "Kaurna",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "taitya"
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      "code": "zku",
      "lang": "Kaurna",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "kurdikurdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "emyu",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "에뮤"
    },
    {
      "code": "rop",
      "lang": "Kriol",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "lang": "Kriol",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "imiyu"
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    {
      "code": "wlg",
      "lang": "Kunbarlang",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "marntep"
    },
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emu"
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "emu",
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      "word": "എമു"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "imū"
    },
    {
      "code": "vma",
      "lang": "Martuthunira",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "jankurna"
    },
    {
      "code": "nnr",
      "lang": "Narungga",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "garrdi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "tsídiitsoh ditsʼozígíí"
    },
    {
      "code": "jui",
      "lang": "Ngadjuri",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "code": "nig",
      "lang": "Ngalakan",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "ngurrurndutj"
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      "code": "ngk",
      "lang": "Ngalkbun",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "lang": "Ngarla",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "code": "pjt",
      "lang": "Pitjantjatjara",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emu"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "emu"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "word": "emu"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ému",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "э́му"
    },
    {
      "code": "sm",
      "lang": "Samoan",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emeu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emu"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "emu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "emú"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "emu"
    },
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "īmu",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "ఈము"
    },
    {
      "code": "tiw",
      "lang": "Tiwi",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "yimiyuwu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "emu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ému",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "е́му"
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      "code": "wmt",
      "lang": "Walmajarri",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "karnanganyja"
    },
    {
      "code": "wrr",
      "lang": "Wardaman",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "word": "gumurrinji"
    },
    {
      "code": "wbp",
      "lang": "Warlpiri",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "emiw"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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    },
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      "code": "wrh",
      "lang": "Wiradjuri",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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        "dialectal"
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    },
    {
      "code": "wro",
      "lang": "Worora",
      "sense": "Dromaius novaehollandiae",
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    },
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      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
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        "masculine"
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          "text": "Rock Magnetic Properties as Related to a Magnetometer Profile for Serpentines, Sierra Nevada, California / DuBOIS, ROBERT L., Dept. Geology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. / The remanent magnetism of a suite of specimens from a serpentine mass in the Sierra Nevada, California, has a declination of N. 32°E. and an inclination of plus 84°. The average intensity is 80 × 10⁻⁵ emu/cc.",
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