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Noun: emu  ee-myoo
  1. Any of various systems of units for measuring electricity and magnetism
    - electromagnetic unit
     
  2. Large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller
    - Dromaius novaehollandiae, Emu novaehollandiae

Derived forms: emus

Type of: flightless bird, ratite, ratite bird, unit, unit of measurement

Part of: Dromaius, genus Dromaius

Encyclopedia: Emu