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Emus vs Emys - What's the difference?

emus | emys |

As nouns the difference between emus and emys

is that emus is while emys is (lb) any member of the small (l) genus of freshwater pond tortoises.

emus

English

Noun

(head)

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    emys

    English

    Alternative forms

    * Also with initial capital.

    Noun

    (emydes)
  • (lb) Any member of the small (l) genus of freshwater pond tortoises.
  • * 1843 , XXV, page 57/2:
    • Certain Emydes …tend to the Sea-tortoises or Turtles…and yet exhibit characters peculiar to themselves.
  • * 1873 , , The Great Ice Age and Its Relation to the Antiquity of Man , page 492, Appendix:
    • Remains of the elephant…the beaver, the emys …and goats.

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    References

    * “ ?Emys]” listed on page 136/2 of § 2 (E, ed. (Henry Bradley)) of volume III (D–E, 1897) of [[w:Oxford English Dictionary, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles] (1st ed.) * “ ?emys” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary (2nd ed., 1989)

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