Definition of Genus Menura

1. Noun. Type and sole genus of the family Menuridae.

Exact synonyms: Menura
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Menuridae, Menuridae
Member holonyms: Lyrebird

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Menura

genus Mellivora
genus Melocactus
genus Melogale
genus Melolontha
genus Melophagus
genus Melopsittacus
genus Melospiza
genus Melursus
genus Menippe
genus Meniscium
genus Menopon
genus Mentha
genus Menticirrhus
genus Mentzelia
genus Menura (current term)
genus Menyanthes
genus Menziesia
genus Mephitis
genus Mercenaria
genus Mercurialis
genus Mergus
genus Meriones
genus Merlangus
genus Merluccius
genus Merops
genus Mertensia
genus Meryta
genus Mesembryanthemum
genus Mesocricetus

Literary usage of Genus Menura

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"... that I would assign a place to the beautiful New Holland genus Menura, Lath., a group that has hitherto afforded more difficulty to the systematic ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... represented by the genus Menura; the lyre-birds. It Is one of two families (the other being ..."

3. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"Genus MENURA. It might have been expected that the various explorations which have of late years been made into the previously unknown regions of Australia ..."

4. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. by Charles Darwin (1871)
"It is remarkable that only small birds properly sing. The Australian genus Menura, however, must be ex- cepted ; for the Menura ..."

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