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Lyre Bird
- - 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.
Lyrebirds
- noun - Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
Lyrically
- adverb - in a lyrical manner; "she danced the part of the Black Swan very lyrically"
Lyricisms
- noun - the property of being suitable for singing
- unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm
Lyricists
- noun - a person who writes the words for songs
Lyricking
- verb - write lyrics for (a song)
Lysimeter
- - An instrument for measuring the water that percolates through a certain depth of soil.
Lysinemia
- noun - an inborn error of metabolism in which the lack of certain enzymes leads to an inability to metabolize the amino acid lysine; characterized by muscular weakness and mental retardation
Lysogenic
- adjective - capable of producing or undergoing lysis
- of or relating to lysogeny
Lysosomes
- noun - an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)