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emeu

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Obsolete spelling of emu.

alt-of, obsolete

Equivalents

Françaisémeu

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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