Definition of "lyre-bird" [lyre-bird]

• An Australian passerine bird of the family Menuridæ and genus Menura. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "Australian, truly; but, unlike the emu, the black swan, the lyre-bird, the kookaburra, and others, the swamp pheasant is not exclusively so."
• "We know about the primitive fauna - the marsupials (kangaroo, wallaby, possum and platypus); the ancient types of birds (emu, cassowary, lyre-bird, and kookaburra); the dingo dogs and koala bears."
• "The lyre-bird mimics the chainsaw and Birds of Paradise spit chips."