lyyra lintu

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Definition of lyyra lintu in Finnish English dictionary

lyre bird

Its general color is brown, with rufous color on the throat, wings, tail coverts and tail

The male is remarkable for having the sixteen tail feathers very long and, when spread, arranged in the form of a lyre

Any one of two or three species of Australian birds of the genus Menura

The common lyre bird (Menura superba), inhabiting New South Wales, is about the size of a grouse

Called also lyre pheasant and lyre-tail