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MENURA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type and sole genus of the family Menuridae

Synonyms:

genus Menura; Menura

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Menura"):

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

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

family Menuridae; Menuridae (lyrebirds)

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