Australian avian

The answer

EMU

3 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EMU answer page.

Used 10 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2024. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for EMU

Every other clue in this collection answered by EMU, most used first.

• Outback bird - used 240 times, most recently in 2026
• Flightless bird - used 215 times, most recently in 2026
• Big bird - used 212 times, most recently in 2026
• Australian bird - used 134 times, most recently in 2026
• Ostrich's cousin - used 128 times, most recently in 2022
• Aussie bird - used 90 times, most recently in 2026
• Outback runner - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Ostrich's kin - used 78 times, most recently in 2026
• Down Under bird - used 65 times, most recently in 2026
• Ostrich cousin - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Ostrich kin - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Ostrich relative - used 49 times, most recently in 2026
• Grounded bird - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Big bird of Australia - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Ratite bird - used 33 times, most recently in 2017
• Running bird - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Flightless Australian bird - used 30 times, most recently in 2026
• Cassowary cousin - used 29 times, most recently in 2023
• Cassowary kin - used 29 times, most recently in 2022
• Fast-running bird - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Ostrichlike bird - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Large bird - used 26 times, most recently in 1996
• Australian runner - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Cassowary's cousin - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Earthbound bird - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• Rhea relative - used 22 times, most recently in 2018
• Aussie avian - used 20 times, most recently in 2021
• Big Aussie bird - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Large Australian bird - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Tall bird - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Big bird Down Under - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Bird on Australia's coat of arms - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Flightless bird of Australia - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Second-largest bird - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
• Green-egg layer - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Large flightless bird - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Relative of an ostrich - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Rhea's relative - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Bird. - used 16 times, most recently in 1974
• Aussie runner - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Feathered six-footer - used 15 times, most recently in 2023
• Flightless Aussie bird - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• It'll never fly - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Big Australian bird - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Bird in Liberty Mutual ads - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Bird on the Australian coat of arms - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Cousin of an ostrich - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Flightless bird Down Under - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Rhea's cousin - used 14 times, most recently in 2013
• Runner Down Under - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• Big bird from Down Under - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Down Under runner - used 13 times, most recently in 2022
• Flightless fowl - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Layer of green eggs - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Avian source of red meat - used 12 times, most recently in 2018
• Big flightless bird - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Bird from Down Under - used 12 times, most recently in 2010
• Tall flightless bird - used 12 times, most recently in 2020
• Bird that lays green eggs - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Cassowary relative - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Bird in the bush - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Grounded Aussie - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Swift-running bird - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Big bird that can't fly - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Ostrich's relative - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Outback sight - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Bird of the outback - used 8 times, most recently in 2014
• Creature on Australia's coat of arms - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Flightless zoo bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• It'll never get off the ground - used 8 times, most recently in 2017
• Layer of dark green eggs - used 8 times, most recently in 2020
• Nonflying bird. - used 8 times, most recently in 1981
• Ostrich-like bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Tall Australian bird - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Australian flightless bird - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Bird Down Under - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Down Under denizen - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Outback creature - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Aboriginal food source - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Aussie ratite - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Australia's national bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Australian big bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Australian cousin of the ostrich - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Australian with three toes - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Bird on Australian coins - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Bird that can't fly - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Cousin of a cassowary - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Creature on the Australian coat of arms - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Down Under fowl - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Exotic farmbird - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Herd bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2006
• Only bird with calf muscles - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Ostrich's Aussie cousin - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Outback avian - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Prey for a dingo - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Second-largest living bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Very big bird - used 6 times, most recently in 2026

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Australian airport code - SYD, used 12 times
• Australian outlaw Kelly - NED, used 12 times
• Australian boot brand - UGG, used 10 times
• Australian hopper, for short - ROO, used 7 times
• Australian native - ABO, used 7 times
• Avian cry - CAW, used 7 times

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