different between emu vs rhea

English

Etymology 1

Probably from Portuguese ema (“(originally) cassowary; giant rhea; (now) ostrich”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?i?mju?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?im(j)u/

Noun

emu (plural emus)

1. (obsolete) A cassowary (genus Casuarius). [from early 17th c.]
2. A large flightless bird native to Australia, Dromaius novaehollandiae. [from 18th c.]

Usage notes

A flock of emus is generally called a mob.

Alternative forms

• emeu (obsolete)

Hyponyms

• (Dromaius novaehollandiae): Kangaroo Island emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae baudinianus), King Island emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae minor), Tasmanian emu (†Dromaius novaehollandiae diemenensis) – extinct subspecies

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• emu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dromaius novaehollandiae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dromaius novaehollandiae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

From e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?i??m?ju?/

Noun

emu (plural emu)

1. (physics) Initialism of electromagnetic unit.

   Synonym: EMU

Further reading

• centimetre–gram–second system of units on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

Etymology 3

From emu(lator).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??mju?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??mju/

Noun

emu (plural emus)

1. (computing, video games, informal) Clipping of emulator.

Translations

Further reading

• emulator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

Anagrams

• MEU, Ume, meu, mue, ume

Czech

Noun

emu m

1. emu (large flightless bird native to Australia)

Esperanto

Verb

emu

1. imperative of emi

Finnish

Noun

emu

1. emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae, the only extant species in its genus)

Declension

Anagrams

• ume

Galician

Noun

emu m (plural emus)

1. emu

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??mu]
• Hyphenation: e?mu
• Rhymes: -mu

Noun

emu (plural emuk)

1. emu

Declension

Further reading

• emu in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

emu

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Portuguese

Etymology

From English emu, from Portuguese ema (“rhea”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.?mu/

Noun

emu m (plural emus)

1. emu

Related terms

• ema, avestruz

Sakizaya

Noun

emu

1. nian gao (a Chinese New Year's cake made of glutinous rice flour)

Swedish

Noun

emu c

1. an emu

Declension

English

Etymology 1

From Rhea (“the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”), from Ancient Greek ??? (Rhéa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i??/

Noun

rhea (plural rheas)

1. A large flightless bird of the genus Rhea, native to South America.

Derived terms

• American rhea (Rhea americana)
• common rhea (Rhea americana)
• Darwin's rhea (Rhea pennata)
• greater rhea (Rhea americana)
• lesser rhea (Rhea pennata)
• puna rhea (Rhea tarapacensis)

Translations

References

• Rhea (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Rhea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rhea

1. Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.

Anagrams

• Ahre, Hare, Hera, RHAe, Rahe, hare, hear, hera