casuaridae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	casuarius, genus casuarius,
definition	:	type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	casuariiformes, order casuariiformes,
definition	:	a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus (noun.animal)