Meaning of emeu | Babel Free

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of emu.

alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“[page 1] 1. EGGES. Caſſawary, or Emeu, vide Aldrov: p. 542. Harveum, G.A. p. 61. […] [page 3] 4. CLAWES. […] A legge and claw of the Caſſawary or Emeu that dyed at S. James’s, Weſtminſter.”

“It is a native both of the Eaſt and Weſt Indies; and all the writers on birds have deſscribed it. Aldrovand [Ulisse Aldrovandi] calls it Emeu ſive Eme; Boulius, Emeu vulgo Caſoarius; and others, Caſſuarus.”

“From New Holland the emeu, / With his better moiety, / Has paid a visit to the Zo- / ological Society.”

“I left my young emeus […] just parted from their affectionate father, and not yet fully reconciled to beginning the world on their own account.”

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