E'MU, noun A large fowl of S. America, with wings unfit for flight.
This name properly belongs to the Cassowary, but has been erroneously applied, by the Brazilians, to the Rhea or S. American ostrich.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.