emu
Multiple Entries:emu EMU
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
emu1
▶noun a large flightless fast-running Australian bird resembling the ostrich, with shaggy grey or brown plumage, bare blue skin on the head and neck, and three-toed feet. [Dromaius novaehollandiae.]
– origin C17 (orig. denoting the cassowary, later the greater rhea): from Port. ema.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
emu2
▶abbreviation Brit.
- 1 electric multiple unit (railway vehicle).
- 2 electromagnetic unit(s).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
EMU/iːemˈjuː/
▶abbreviation Economic and Monetary Union.
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