lyrebird vs passerine
passerine vs lyrebirdlyrebird and passerine both are nouns.
lyrebird is not an adjective while passerine is an adjective.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lyrebird | Yes | No | No | No |
| passerine | Yes | Yes | No | No |
As nouns,
passerine is a hypernym of
lyrebird; that is, passerine is a
word with a broader meaning than lyrebird:
- lyrebird: Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape
- passerine: perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
Other hypernyms of lyrebird include
passeriform bird.
| lyrebird (noun) | passerine (noun) |
|---|---|
| Australian bird that resembles a pheasant; the courting male displays long tail feathers in a lyre shape | perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless |
| lyrebird (adjective) | passerine (adjective) |
|---|---|
| relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds |
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