How to Use cassowary in a Sentence

cassowary

noun

• The cassowary is one of the world's most dangerous birds.
  — Bridget Alex, Discover Magazine, 19 July 2018
• Emus are a stately five to six feet (one to two meters) long, and cassowaries and greater rheas aren’t far behind.
  — Liz Langley, National Geographic, 3 Sep. 2016
• The bird was a flightless, exotic cassowary being bred.
  — Eve Rosen, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Aug. 2019
• Outdoors, a handful of other species—including cranes, flamingoes, roseate spoonbills and cassowaries—can be seen in enclosures.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2023
• Although cassowaries were believed to possess a mystical and powerful strength, which could be co-opted and added to one's own prowess when holding the dagger, explained Dominy.
  — Katy Scott, CNN, 5 May 2018
• Flightless, aggressive and standing two meters tall, with razor-sharp claws and the ability to jump, the cassowary is an Australian native that has the reputation of being the most dangerous bird in the world.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
• Wild animals—kangaroos, dingoes, cassowaries, giant tortoises—roamed on the grounds of the ancestral pile.
  — Franz Lidz, Smithsonian, 21 Mar. 2018
• The headgear of Corythoraptor resembles that of a cassowary, the flightless bird of Australia and New Guinea famous for its prominent headgear and terrifying talons.
  — Brian Switek, Scientific American Blog Network, 4 Aug. 2017
• Hike through the lush vegetation to see cassowaries, crocodiles, tree kangaroos, and other endemic wildlife.
  — National Geographic, 17 June 2019
• Louie’s parents would have measured some 25 feet long and weighed more than three tons, Erika Engelhaupt writes for National Geographic, and likely would have resembled the giant cassowary.
  — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 11 May 2017
• Today’s ostriches, rheas, and cassowaries are not substitutes for the terror birds, just as the fact that birds are living dinosaurs provides little solace for those who have the impossible wish of seeing a living Tyrannosaurus or Allosaurus.
  — Brian Switek, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2011
• No such direct contact is allowed with another colorful Australian native, the cassowary.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2019
• Eliason suspected that flightlessness might have given cassowaries more evolutionary room to develop their odd-shaped feathers.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 13 May 2020

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024