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Meaning of emeu | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of emu.

alt-of, obsolete

Equivalents

Français émeu

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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