Cassowary: alternatives and connections

A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, / Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teet…

A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up t…

An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running…

An extinct eocene bird from New Mexico, larger than the ostrich.

A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two l…

A large, extinct bird (Didus ineptus), formerly inhabiting the Island of Mauritius. It had short, half-fledged wings, like those of th…

A small arboreal lizard of the genus Draco, of several species, found in the East Indies and Southern Asia. Five or six of the hind ri…

Toward the rising sun; or toward the point where the sun rises when in the equinoctial; as, the east gate; the east border; the east s…

large Australian flightless bird similar to the ostrich but smaller

An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stout…

The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as…

large cobra of southeastern Asia and the East Indies; the largest venomous snake; sometimes placed in genus Naja

The uppermost, foremost, or most important part of an inanimate object; such a part as may be considered to resemble the head of an an…

A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a…

Any natural projection or excrescence from an animal, resembling or thought to resemble a horn in substance or form; esp.: (a) A proje…

Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical pa…

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.