0 a large Australian bird with a long neck and grey or brown feathers. Emus cannot fly but have long legs and can run quickly:
1 abbreviation for European Monetary Union: the process within the European Union of moving towards a single currency
2 abbreviation for European Monetary Union/ Economic and Monetary Union: the group of countries in Europe who use the same currency (the euro), or the process by which many countries started to use the euro:
I cannot, for instance, think of many circumstances in which a man may wish to take his emu with him on holiday.
I think that most people would imagine that a python is rather more dangerous than an emu or an ostrich.
That is very much a summary of where we are now in terms of the great emu bird or chicklet which, in my view, will never fly.
That is more ostrich than emu.
The ratites are large flightless birds, and include ostriches, rheas, cassowaries, kiwis and emus.
Brings in kangaroos and emus and incredible burlesque aborigines for the mere sake of showing them.
Emus do not sleep continuously at night but in several short stints sitting down.
The roadhouse includes a small wildlife park with emus, camels and an aviary.