emu
pronunciation
How to pronounce emu in British English:
UK [ˈiːmjuː]
How to pronounce emu in American English:
US [ˈiːmjuː]
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- Noun:
- any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
- large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
Word Origin
- emu (n.)
- large Australian three-toed bird, 1610s, probably from Portuguese ema "crane, ostrich" (which is of unknown origin), perhaps based on a folk-etymology of a native name.
Example
- 1. Did you know that an emu is a big bird ?
- 2. Such an initiative would make emu a mechanism for throwing good money after bad .
- 3. The emu is a large , flightless bird .
- 4. Yang emu second seat purchase tickets after placed in the dining car seat .
- 5. Germany will outperform italy and france massively over the next five years , implying a bitter conflict within emu over control of the policy levers .