LYRE BIRD

  

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LYRE BIRD

Definition: LYRE BIRD

LYRE BIRD

1. Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura. The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre. The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse. Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail. Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: LYRE BIRD

English words defined with "LYRE BIRD": Bullen-bullenLyrated, lyrebird. (references)

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Modern Translations: LYRE BIRD

Language Translations for "LYRE BIRD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

oiseau-lyre. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

lantmadár (lyre-bird). (various references)

   

Manx

  

lyrane. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

yrelay irdbay

   

Turkish

  

lir kuşu. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LYRE BIRD

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lyrebird.

Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-l-r-r-y"

-1 letter: bridler.

-2 letters: birder, birled, birler, birred, bridle, briery, byrled, direly, ridley, yirred.

-3 letters: berry, beryl, bider, bield, birle, bride, brier, derby, derry, direr, drier, drily, dryer, eyrir, idler, liber, rebid, redly, redry, rider, riled, riley, yield.

-4 letters: bide, bier, bile, bird, birl, birr, bled, bred, brie, byre, byrl, deil, deli, diel, dire, dirl, drib.

 Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-l-r-r-y"
 

+1 letter: lyrebirds.

 

+3 letters: dingleberry, irreducibly.

 

+4 letters: irredeemably, irremediably, reproducibly.

 

+5 letters: deterrability, perdurability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: LYRE BIRD


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4C 59 52 45      42 49 52 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001100 01011001 01010010 01000101 00100000 01000010 01001001 01010010 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#76 &#89 &#82 &#69 &#32 &#66 &#73 &#82 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004C 0059 0052 0045      0042 0049 0052 0044

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

46595239236435238

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Non-English Dictionaries with "LYRE BIRD"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrançais, francia, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításhongrois, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, macarca, macar

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtmann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, man adası, man dili

Turkish

sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercümeturque, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, türkçe, türk

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglais, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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