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LYREBIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lyrebird mean? 

LYREBIRD (noun)
  The noun LYREBIRD has 1 sense:

1. Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shapeplay

  Familiarity information: LYREBIRD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LYREBIRD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lyrebird" is a kind of...):

passeriform bird; passerine (perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless)

Holonyms ("lyrebird" is a member of...):

genus Menura; Menura (type and sole genus of the family Menuridae)


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