Crossword Clue: Large flightless bird
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- emu (3 letters)
- ani (3 letters)
- apd (3 letters)
- jay (3 letters)
- mao (3 letters)
- tit (3 letters)
- maw (3 letters)
- nep (3 letters)
Detailed Explanations
emu (3 letters)
Definition:
- n (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius).
- n A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae.
- n A dark constellation in Southern Celestial Hemisphere, Dome of the Sky; A constellation or asterism from Australian aborigine cultures, a dark constellation pattern formed by an arrangement of dark nebulae in the sky, blotting out background stars, appearing akin to the emu giant bird of Australia.
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ani (3 letters)
Definition:
- n Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
- n a ruined medieval Armenian city-site in the Turkish province of Kars near the border with Armenia.
- n (US, telephony) Initialism of automatic number identification.
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apd (3 letters)
Definition:
- n Initialism of antisocial personality disorder. [(psychology) A personality disorder marked by antisocial behavior, a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood.]
- n (pathology) Initialism of auditory processing disorder. [(pathology) an umbrella term for a variety of disorders that affect the way the brain processes auditory information; it is generally differentiable from aphasia in that aphasia is by definition caused by acquired brain injury, whereas auditory processing disorder is principally neurodevelopmental.]
- n Initialism of aminohydroxypropylidene diphosphonate. [A particular agent with bone-resorbing properties.]
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jay (3 letters)
Definition:
- n Any of the numerous species of birds belonging to several genera within the family Corvidae, including Garrulus, Cyanocitta, Aphelocoma, Perisoreus, Cyanocorax, Gymnorhinus, Cyanolyca, Ptilostomus, and Calocitta, allied to the crows, but smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely coloured, usually having a crest, and often noisy.
- n Any of various other birds of similar appearance and behaviour.
- n The Indian roller, Coracias benghalensis.
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mao (3 letters)
Definition:
- n The ma'oma'o, Gymnomyza samoensis, a large passerine bird native to Samoa.
- n A common surname from Chinese, from Mandarin, usually referring to Mao Zedong.
- n A card game, named after Mao Zedong, in which players attempt to shed all their cards without violating certain unspoken rules.
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tit (3 letters)
Definition:
- n (slang, vulgar, chiefly in the plural) A person's breast or nipple.
- n (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, derogatory, slang) An idiot; a fool.
- n (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A police officer; a "tithead".
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maw (3 letters)
Definition:
- n (archaic) The stomach, especially of an animal.
- n The upper digestive tract (where food enters the body), especially the mouth and jaws of a fearsome and ravenous creature.
- n (slang, derogatory) The mouth.
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nep (3 letters)
Definition:
- n Catmint, catnip; Nepeta cataria.
- n (UK, dialect) A knot in a fibre of cotton.
- v (UK, dialect, intransitive) Of cotton: to form knots.
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