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# lyrebird

noun (a lyrebird, lyrebirds)

«lyrebird» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/#m1)

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

### Note

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lyrebird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lyrebird/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lyrebird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lyrebird.html) on Mova free.