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LYREBIRD
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
Classified under:
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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