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# lyrebird

«lyrebird» in Mova's school dictionary: **A large Australian bird that lives on the forest floor…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a lyrebird, lyrebirds)

### meaning for a pupil

A large Australian bird that lives on the forest floor; the male has a long tail shaped like a lyre (an old harp) and is famous for copying almost any sound it hears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In nature lessons the lyrebird is a champion copycat: it can copy other birds, chainsaws, camera clicks and car alarms. It is on the Australian ten-cent coin. Phrases: «superb lyrebird».

### examples

- The lyrebird copied the sound of a camera. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/#x1)
- The male lyrebird spreads its tail to impress females. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/#x2)
- You can see a lyrebird on the Australian ten-cent coin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/#x3)
- Lyrebirds live in the forests of south-east Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/#x4)
- A lyrebird can copy more than twenty other birds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/#x5)

### note

One word. «Lyre» sounds like «liar» but is a musical instrument.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «lyrebird» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.