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- a large flightless fast-running Australian bird resembling the ostrich, with shaggy grey or brown plumage, bare blue skin on the head and neck, and three-toed feet（产于澳大利亚的）鸸鹋; 澳洲鸵鸟。
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- Dromaius novaehollandiae, the only member of the family Dromaiidae.拉丁名Dromaius novaehollandiae,鸸鹋科的唯一成员。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Portuguese ema. The word originally denoted the cassowary, later the greater rhea; current usage dates from the early 19th cent.
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