MENURIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lyrebirds

Synonyms:

family Menuridae; Menuridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Menuridae"):

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

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

Menurae; suborder Menurae (lyrebirds and scrubbirds)