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LYREBIRD
lyrebird
(noun) Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lyrebird (plural lyrebirds)
Either of two large ground-dwelling Australian songbirds, of the genus Menura, named because of the beautiful tail feathers of the male of one species, the superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae), which can be erected to look like a lyre, and notable for their extraordinary ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment.
Source: Wiktionary
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