myu noun
a large, flightless, ratite bird, Emu ( Dromaius ) novaehollandiae, of Australia, resembling the ostrich but smaller and having a feathered head and neck and rudimentary wings.
Origin:
1605–15; earlier emeu (in earliest E source emia, eme), ultimately < Portuguese ema, attested in 1541 as a name for the cassowary (further origin obscure); the replacement of -a by -eu, etc., is unexplained
1605–15; earlier emeu (in earliest E source emia, eme), ultimately < Portuguese ema, attested in 1541 as a name for the cassowary (further origin obscure); the replacement of -a by -eu, etc., is unexplained
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EMU
1.
Also, emu. electromagnetic unit.
2.
Aerospace. extravehicular mobility unit.
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| —n | |
| See also ratite a large Australian flightless bird, Dromaius novaehollandiae, similar to the ostrich but with three-toed feet and grey or brown plumage: order Casuariiformes | |
| [C17: changed from Portuguese ema ostrich, from Arabic Na-`amah ostrich] | |
| EMU | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| 1. | European Monetary Union |
| 2. | Economic and Monetary Union |
| 3. | See e.m.u. |
| e.m.u. or EMU | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| electromagnetic unit | |
| EMU or EMU | |
| —abbreviation for | |
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Word Origin & History
emu
"large Australian bird," 1613, probably from Port. ema "crane, ostrich," of unknown origin, perhaps from Moluccan eme.
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Science Dictionary
| EMU
Abbreviation of electromagnetic unit |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| emu electromagnetic unit |
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Emu fat was used as bush medicine, and was rubbed on the skin.
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