Cassowary - Law Dictionary Search Results
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A species of cassowary Casuarius Bennetti found in New Britain and noted for its agility in running and leaping It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary Its crest is bilobed the neck and breast are black the back rufous mixed with black and the naked skin of the neck blue...
Brevipennate
Short winged applied to birds which can not fly owing to their short wings as the ostrich cassowary and emu...
Cassowary
A large bird of the genus Casuarius found in the east Indies It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance consisting of plates overlapping each other and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs It is a shy bird and runs with great rapidity Other species inhabit New Guinea Australia etc...
Casuaridae
a natural family of large ostrichlike birds the cassowaries...
Casuariiformes
an order of ratite birds comprising the cassowaries and emus...
Casuarius
the type and sole genus of the Casuaridae the cassowaries...
Emu
A large Australian bird of two species Dromaius Novaelig Hollandiaelig and D irroratus related to the cassowary and the ostrich The emu runs swiftly but is unable to fly...
Dangerous Wild Animals
Dangerous Wild Animals, any animal of a kind for the time being specified in the a Dangerous Wild Animals Act, 1976, Sch., s. 7(4) (UK)The kinds of animals so specified includes most species of non-domesticated cattle, goats and sheep, wild dogs and horses, marsupials, monkeys, lemurs and apes, sloths, armadillos, anteaters, porcupines, pandas, badgers, raccons, civets, walruses, seals and sealions, aarduarks, antelopes, wild cats and members of the cat family, gazelles, camels, monkeys, crocodiles and alligators, dangerous snakes, dangereus spiders, giraffes hippopotami, hyenas, elephants, rhinoceri, ostriches, tapires, emus, bears, cassowaries and pronghorns, Halsbury's Laws of England (2), para 396, p. 194....
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