单词 | cassowary |
释义 | cassowaryn. 1. A genus of large cursorial birds, related to the Ostrich, inhabiting the islands in the Indian Archipelago as far as New Guinea. They stand about five feet high; the wings are of no use for flight, but are furnished with stiff featherless quills, like spines, which serve for combat or defence.‘Named Emeu by the early Portuguese navigators. It is the Emeu vulgo Casoaris (the latter appearing to be the Malay appellation) of Bontius.’ Penny Cycl. XXIII. 142/2. (See emu n.) ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > order Casuariiformes (emus) > member of genus Casuarius (cassowary) cassowary1611 emu1613 muruk1858 1611 H. Peacham in T. Coryate Crudities sig. k4v Saint Iames his Ginney Hens, the Cassawarway moreouer. [Margin] An East Indian bird at St. Iames in the keeping of Mr. Walker. 1630 J. Taylor Great Eater of Kent 11 From the tit-mouse to the estrich or cassawaraway. 1656 H. More Antidote Atheism (1712) ii. xi. 74 In the Cassoware or Emeu. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxv. 152 The Relation of Dam and Chick, between the two Cassiowaries in St. James's Park. 1707 W. Funnell Voy. round World ix. 266 The Cassawaris is about the bigness of a large Virginia Turkey. 1772 Weekly Mag. 25 June 386/1 The casuari is black, and in size equal to an ostrich. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth V. 68 The Cassowary is a bird which was first brought into Europe by the Dutch, from Java. 1801 R. Southey Thalaba II. vii. 65 Large as the plumeless Cassowar was that o'ershadowing Bird. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. vi. 263 Papua is the proper centre of the Cassowaries. 2. New Holland cassowary: the emu n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > superorder Ratitae (flightless) > [noun] > order Casuariiformes (emus) > dromaius novae (emu) emu1842 New Holland cassowary1842 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 142 British naturalists..now apply the term Emeu to the New Holland Cassowary. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1611 |
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