English Dictionary:
- 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.
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