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menura

menura noun: a lyrebird.

Noun

menura (plural menuras)

  1. (obsolete) A lyrebird.
    • You may see, or hear, a pilot bird where the menura does not dwell; one pair, I know, has been at home for several years in a pocket of scrub near the roadway at Fern Tree Gully.1927 July 28, The Advocate, Melbourne, page 37, column 2
    • Next day the Menura again appeared, accompanied by his mate.1951, Ambrose Pratt, The Lore of the Lyrebird, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, page 19

Forms of menura

pluralmenuras

Origin of menura

Borrowed from taxonomic name Menura.

Questions about menura

What does menura mean?
Menura means a lyrebird.
What part of speech is menura?
Menura is a noun.
What is the plural of menura?
The plural of menura is menuras.

Words near menura in the dictionary

  1. menuettos
  2. menuing
  3. menuki
  4. menukis
  5. menuless
  6. menura
  7. menuras
  8. menurid
  9. menurids
  10. menus
  11. Menver

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