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Definition of Menuridae
1. Noun. Lyrebirds.
Exact synonyms: Family Menuridae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Menurae, Suborder Menurae
Member holonyms: Genus Menura, Menura
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Menurae, Suborder Menurae
Member holonyms: Genus Menura, Menura
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menuridae
Literary usage of Menuridae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"I. Menuridae.—Lyre-birds have a stout bill; very long and powerful metatarsi,
with robust elongated straight claws; and somewhat short rounded wings, ..."
2. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"Of these the most famous are probably the lyre-birds, the Menuridae, of which
there are 3 species, two of which occur in New South Wales and Victoria, ..."
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