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SUBORDER MENURAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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Meaning:

Lyrebirds and scrubbirds

Synonyms:

Menurae; suborder Menurae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("suborder Menurae" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "suborder Menurae"):

family Menuridae; Menuridae (lyrebirds)

Atrichornithidae; family Atrichornithidae (scrubbirds)

Holonyms ("suborder Menurae" is a member of...):

order Passeriformes; Passeriformes (largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres)

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