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Menura superba
Lyre bird Lyre" bird` (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Paradisaea or Lophorina superba
Superb Su*perb", a. [F. superbe, L. superbus, fr. super over. See Super-.] 1. Grand; magnificent; august; stately; as, a superb edifice; a superb colonnade. 2. Rich; elegant; as, superb furniture or decorations. 3. Showy; excellent; grand; as, a superb exhibition. Superb paradise bird (Zo["o]l.), a bird of paradise (Paradis[ae]a, or Lophorina, superba) having the scapulars erectile, and forming a large ornamental tuft on each shoulder, and a large gorget of brilliant feathers on the breast. The color is deep violet, or nearly black, with brilliant green reflections. The gorget is bright metallic green. Superb warber. (Zo["o]l.) See Blue wren, under Wren. -- Su*perb"ly, adv. -- Su*perb"ness, n.

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- Look up superba in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Superba, a Latin adjective meaning superb, may refer to: SUPERBA TVP process, a process in heatsetting...
- Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) is a species of krill found in the Antarctic waters of the Southern Ocean. It is a small, swimming crustacean that...
- Gloriosa superba is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae. Common names include flame lily, climbing lily, creeping lily, glory lily...
- Butea superba is a vining shrub in the legume family Fabaceae, native to India and mainland Southeast Asia. It is thought by locals to be an aphrodisiac...
- Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia, limba, afara (UK), korina (US), frake (Africa), African limba wood, or ofram (Ghana), is a large tree in the...
- Gustavia superba, of the Monkey Pot Family (Lecythidaceae) is an understory tree that grows in Central and north-western South America. Common names include...
- P. superba may refer to: Pangio superba, a ray-finned fish species Powelliphanta superba, a land snail species endemic to New Zealand Superba (disambiguation)...
- The Vogelkop lophorina (Lophorina superba), formerly part of the superb bird-of-paradise complex, is a species of p****erine bird in the bird-of-paradise...
- Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ficus superba. Ficus superba, also known as sea fig or deciduous fig, is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus Ficus. It...
- subspecies of P. superba: Powelliphanta superba harveyi Powelliphanta superba mouatae Powelliphanta superba prouseorum Powelliphanta superba richardsoni Powelliphanta...