Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small Australian bird of the genus Stipiturus.
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- noun A
bird in thegenus Stipiturus with longtail feathers like those of theemu .
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Examples
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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.
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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.
Chapter 67. The External Soul in Folk-Custom. § 3. The External Soul in Animals 1922
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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.
The Golden Bough James George Frazer 1897
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[170] This word seems to mean elder sister, and is applied by the girls to their sex-totem, the emu-wren.
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) Robert Vane Russell 1894
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Then there is the emu-wren, all sad-coloured, but quaint, with the tail-feathers sticking up on end, and exactly like those of an emu; on the very smallest scale, even to the peculiarity of two feathers growing out of the same little quill.
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Accordingly in the tribes of South-Eastern Australia which we have been considering the bat and the owl, the emu-wren and the superb warbler, may properly be described as totems of the sexes.
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