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English-russian biological dictionary. 2013.
common cassowary
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cassowary — /kas euh wer ee/, n., pl. cassowaries. any of several large flightless, ratite birds of the genus Casuarius, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, characterized by a bony casque on the front of the head. [1605 15; by uncert. mediation … Universalium
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