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Menurae

noun

lyrebirds and scrubbirds

• Syn: ↑suborder Menurae

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Passeriformes, ↑order Passeriformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑Menuridae, ↑family Menuridae, ↑Atrichornithidae, ↑family Atrichornithidae

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\\-u̇(ˌ)rē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from plural of Menura

: a suborder of birds (order Passeriformes) comprising the lyrebirds and scrubbirds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.