slovo | definícia |
menura (wn) | Menura
n 1: type and sole genus of the family Menuridae [syn: Menura,
genus Menura] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
suborder menurae (encz) | suborder Menurae, n: |
Menura superba (gcide) | Lyre bird \Lyre" bird`\n. (Zool.)
Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the
genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen
tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the
form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba),
inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse.
Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat,
wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and
lyre-tail.
[1913 Webster] |
Menurae (gcide) | Menurae \Menurae\ prop. n.
A suborder of birds including lyrebirds and scrubbirds.
Syn: suborder Menurae.
[WordNet 1.5] |
genus menura (wn) | genus Menura
n 1: type and sole genus of the family Menuridae [syn: Menura,
genus Menura] |
menurae (wn) | Menurae
n 1: lyrebirds and scrubbirds [syn: Menurae, {suborder
Menurae}] |
suborder menurae (wn) | suborder Menurae
n 1: lyrebirds and scrubbirds [syn: Menurae, {suborder
Menurae}] |
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