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MENURA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Menura mean?
• MENURA (noun)
The noun MENURA has 1 sense:
1. type and sole genus of the family Menuridae
Familiarity information: MENURA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type and sole genus of the family Menuridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Menura; Menura
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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