EMU

Dictionary of Science, Literature and Art · 1854 · p. 11

A three-toed Struthious bird, peculiar to Australia, differing from the rhea of South America in the extreme shortne of its wings, and from the ca owary of Java in the absence of the horny projection on the head. 30EMULGENT.called. The artery and vein of the kidney are is EMULSION.almond emulsion.(Lat. emulgeo, I milk.) A milky liquid [s. 412]