Meanings
nounmenura (plural menuras)
plural menuras
- obsoleteA lyrebird.
Next day the Menura again appeared, accompanied by his mate.
1951, Ambrose Pratt, The Lore of the Lyrebird, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, page 191 more example
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
Origin
- taxonomic nameMenura
- Englishmenura
Borrowed from taxonomic name Menura.
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APA
menura. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menura
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“menura.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menura. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “menura,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/menura.
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