Crossword-Solution: EMU 3 letters, 1397 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 5

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Emu n. A large Australian bird, of two species (Dromaius
Novae-Hollandiae and D. irroratus), related to the cassowary and the
ostrich. The emu runs swiftly, but is unable to fly.

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EMU anagram MEU, UME

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"Down under" fowl 1 answer
"Edward the ___" (Sheena Knowles book about a large bird) 1 answer
"Move Like an ___" (song by the Australian kids' group the Wiggles) 1 answer
"___ in the Sky" (avian constellation in Aboriginal culture) 1 answer
100-pound bird, potentially 1 answer
1932 Australian "war" bird 1 answer
35 miles-per-hour runner 1 answer
6-foot Aussie bird 1 answer
6-ft.-high bird. 1 answer
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A large flightles bird 1 answer
A runner, not a flier 1 answer
AUSTRALIAN coat-of-arms, bird on the 1 answer
AUSTRALIAN national bird 1 answer
AUSTRALIAN nomadic bird 1 answer
Aboriginal food source 1 answer
An Australian legend says that the sun is one of its eggs 1 answer
An ostrich like bird. 1 answer
Animal in Australia's coat of arms 1 answer
Animal in Liberty Mutual commercials 1 answer
Animal on Australia's coat of arms 1 answer
Animal on an Australian 50-cent coin 1 answer
Animal opposite a kangaroo on Australia's coat of arms 1 answer
Animal seen on an Australian 50-cent coin 1 answer
Another big ratite bird 1 answer
Aussie avian 1 answer
Aussie avian creature 1 answer
Aussie avis 1 answer
Aussie big bird 1 answer
Aussie bird that can't fly 1 answer
Aussie bird with a powerful kick 1 answer
Aussie chicken alternative 1 answer
Aussie coat of arms beast 1 answer
Aussie coat of arms bird 1 answer
Aussie coat-of-arms bird 1 answer
Aussie coat-of-arms symbol 1 answer
Aussie coin critter 1 answer
Aussie dasher 1 answer
Aussie farm bird 1 answer
Aussie flapper 1 answer
Aussie non-flier 1 answer
Aussie non-flyer 1 answer
Aussie ostrich 1 answer
Aussie ostrich, so to speak 1 answer
Aussie ratite 1 answer
Aussie six-footer 1 answer
Aussie source of lean red meat 1 answer
Aussie sprinter 1 answer
Aussie trotter 1 answer
Aussie walker 1 answer
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with EMU (5)

And the scientific person hurried off with utmost speed, Tested Johnson's drug and found it was a deadly poison-weed; Half a tumbler killed an emu, half a spoonful killed a goat, All the snakes on earth were harmless to that awful antidote.
The Man from Snowy River Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson 1995
Perhaps these dances originally represented actions, such as wars and victories; there was one called the Emu dance, in which each man extended his arm in a bent manner, like the neck of that bird.
The Voyage of the Beagle Charles Darwin 1997
Their ordinary food consisted of kangaroo, emu, snakes, rats, and fish; an especial dainty being a worm found in the black ava tree, or in any decaying trunk.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Louis de Rougemont 2007
The largest emu I ever saw, by the way, was more than six feet high, whilst the biggest kangaroo I came across was even taller than this.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Louis de Rougemont 2007
When the blood has dried and caked, it forms a hard and fairly impermeable surface, on which they paint the sacred design of the emu totem, especially the parts of the bird which they like best to eat, namely, the fat and the eggs.
Pagan & Christian Creeds Edward Carpenter 1998

Quotes with EMU (3)

Tracker Marks was of a different opinion. Though he seemed more white than a white man, he had no time for their ways. For him his dress, his deportment was no different than staying downwind in the shadows of trees when hunting, blending into the world of those he hunted, rather than standing out from it. Once he had excelled at the emu dance & the kangaroo dance; then his talent led him to the whitefella dance, only now no-one was left of his tribe to stand around the fire …
Richard Flanagan
I? I am the wind,’ said Thowra. ‘I come, I pass, and I am gone.’ The strange feathers moved up and down, the strange voice said tartly: ‘And are your sons the same?’ ‘My son is the lightning that strikes through the black night. My grandson is light that pierces the dark sky at dawning.’ ‘Ah,’ said the first emu, ‘and we know your daughter is the snow that falls softly from above and clothes the world in white. You want but the rainbow — that is and was and never will be, and…
Elyne Mitchell Silver Brumby Kingdom
Storytelling is a very old human skill that gives us an evolutionary advantage. If you can tell young people how you kill an emu, acted out in song or dance, or that Uncle George was eaten by a croc over there, don't go there to swim, then those young people don't have to find out by trial and error.
Margaret Atwood
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Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, Custom, Daily Beast, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Tribune, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.

Used 2,193 times in crossword archives (1917–2025).