D Trump's most influential supporter snubbed victors in Australian war (4)

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emus

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'victors in australian war' is the definition.
I know that 'australian' relates to this answer. I also know that both the answer and definition are plural nouns

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(Other definitions for emus that I've seen before include "Fast, but not high-fliers" , "Largest native Australian birds" , "Running birds" , "Aussie birds" , "laboratory units" .)

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