emu

«emu» in Mova's school dictionary: a very large bird from Australia that cannot fly but can… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an emu, emus)

meaning for a pupil

An emu is a very large bird from Australia that cannot fly but can run very fast. It is the second-tallest bird in the world, after the ostrich. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons it is a flightless bird with strong legs; in Australia it appears on the coat of arms with the kangaroo. In stories and nature programmes emus roam dry plains. Phrases: «a mob of emus», «emu eggs».

examples

• An emu can run faster than a car on a city street. tree →
• Emus cannot fly, but they are great runners. tree →
• The emu laid big dark green eggs. tree →
• The father emu sits on the eggs. tree →
• We saw a mob of emus in the outback. tree →
• An emu and a kangaroo are on Australia's coat of arms. tree →
• The emu is the second-tallest bird after the ostrich. tree →

note

Pronounced «EE-myoo». Countable: an emu, emus. A group is often called a «mob». Fun fact: the male emu sits on the eggs and looks after the chicks.

In the corpora

• Emus are the second largest birds in the world after the ostrich and can run very fast.
• People everywhere have made pictures of the sky: Aboriginal Australians see an Emu in the dark dust clouds of the Milky Way.
• Aboriginal Australians see the Emu in the Sky in the dark dust clouds of the Milky Way.
• Ostriches and emus are birds that cannot fly.
• Not all birds can fly: penguins, ostriches, emus and kiwis are birds that can't, but all birds have feathers.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «emu» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.