cassowary

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von cassowary im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

tepeli devekuşu

devekuşu cinsinden fakat daha ufak boyda bir kuş

Relevante Übersetzungen

southern cassowary

(Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) tepeli devekuşu

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von cassowary im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, native to Australia and New Guinea, with a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous

{n} a large fowl with small useless wings

It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich

Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs

It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity

Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc

A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies

Any of several species of ratite (family Casuariidae) of the Australo-Papuan region. Related to the emu, it has been known to kill humans with slashing blows of its feet, which have long, daggerlike claws on the innermost toe. It has a featherless blue head protected by a bony crest and has a black body (immature birds are brownish). It moves rapidly along narrow tracks in the bush. Cassowaries eat fruit and small animals. The largest species is the common, or southern, cassowary(Casuarius casuarius), which stands almost 5 ft (1.5 m) tall

large black flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea having a horny head crest

{i} large flightless bird which is related to the ostrich (native to Australia and New Guinea)

Silbentrennung

cas·so·wa·ry

Türkische aussprache

käsıweri

Aussprache

/ˈkasəˌwerē/ /ˈkæsəˌwɛriː/

Etymologie

[ 'ka-s&-"wer-E ] (noun.) 1611. From Malay kĕsuari, name of the same bird.