Definition of lyrebird Lyrebird

lyre•bird

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What does lyrebird mean?

WordNet

Noun

Plural: lyrebirds

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

passeriform bird, passerine perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless

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Wiktionary

lyrebird (Noun)
Either of two large ground-dwelling Australian songbirds, of the genus Menura, named because of the beautiful tail feathers of one species, the Superb Lyrebird Menura novaehollandiae which can be erected to look like a lyre, most notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.

Wikipedia

A Lyrebird is one of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds, most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.