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Answer for the clue "Cassowary or ostrich ", 6 letters:
ratite

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ratite \Rat"ite\ (r[a^]t"[imac]t), a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Ratit[ae]. -- n. One of the Ratit[ae].

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A bird of the order of Struthioniformes, a diverse group of large running, flightless birds, mostly extinct, but including the cassowary, elephant bird, emu, kiwi, moa, ostrich, rhea and tinamou

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A ratite is any of a diverse group of large, flightless birds of the infraclass Palaeognathae . The systematics involved have been in flux. Some sources state that ratites include all the flightless birds of the Palaeognathae; previously, all these birds ...

Usage examples of ratite.

Texas ratite industry enjoyed a boom in the late 1980s akin to the booms enjoyed by the Texas petroleum industry in times past.