emu novaehollandiae

English Thesaurus

1. large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird,
definition	:	flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	dromaius, genus dromaius,
definition	:	a genus of birds in the order Casuariiformes (noun.animal)