Cousin of an ostrich

The answer

EMU

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

Used 14 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• RHEA (2 uses in xd)

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
• 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
• Australian avian - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• 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

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