cassowary

English

cassowary

cassowary's head showing crest

Etymology

From Malay kasuari.

Borrowed from two Papuan words: 'kasu' (meaning horned) and 'wari' (meaning head).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæs.ə.ˌwɛɹ.i/

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Noun

cassowary (plural cassowaries)

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

Derived terms

• Bennett's cassowary
• Cassowary Coast
• cassowary plum
• cassowary tree
• double-wattled cassowary
• dwarf cassowary
• northern cassowary
• single-wattled cassowary
• southern cassowary
• two-wattled cassowary

 

Translations

a large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius

• Afrikaans: kasuaris
• Ama: aipiyoi
• Asturian: casuariu (ast)
• Breton: kazoar m
• Catalan: casuari m
• Cherokee: ᏄᎩᏂ ᎬᎾ (nugini gvna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鶴鴕／鹤鸵 (hètuó), 食火雞／食火鸡 (zh) (shíhuǒjī)

• Czech: kasuár (cs) m
• Dutch: kasuaris (nl) m
• Esperanto: kazuaro
• Finnish: kasuaari (fi)
• French: casoar (fr) m
• German: Kasuar (de) m
• Greek: κασουάριο (el) n (kasouário)
• Hungarian: kazuár (hu)
• Indonesian: kasuari (id)
• Irish: casabhara m
• Italian: casuario (it) m
• Japanese: 火食い鳥 (ひくいどり, hikuidori)
• Korean: 화식조 (hwasikjo)
• Malay:

  Jawi: کاسواري, سواري

  Rumi: kasuari, suari

• Navajo: tsídiitsoh bikʼos naashchʼąąʼí
• Polish: kazuar (pl) m
• Portuguese: casuar m
• Romanian: cazuar (ro) m
• Russian: казуа́р (ru) m (kazuár)
• Slovene: kazuar (sl) m
• Spanish: casuario (es) m
• Swahili: kasowari
• Swedish: kasuar (sv) c
• Tagalog: kaswaryo
• Tok Pisin: muruk
• Tolai: murup
• Welsh: casowari m

References

• cassowary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Casuarius on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Casuarius on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons