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食火雞

简食火鸡 · 繁食火雞

Mandarin · pinyin shí huǒ jī

cassowary (genus Casuarius), large flightless bird native to northeastern Australia and New Guinea
Classifier: 隻 zhī

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食: shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
火: huǒ · fire, flame; burn; anger, rage
雞: jī · chickens; domestic fowl
鸡: jī · chicken

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2–3–1 · shi2 huo3 ji1

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noun

cassowary (a large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius)
(archaic) ostrich

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