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The details of a banquet; a bill of fare.

See Amenuse. [Obs.]

To lessen. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A very largo East Indian freshwater fish (Osphromenus gorami), extensively reared in artificial ponds in tropical countries, and highly valued as a food fish. Many unsuccessful efforts have been made to introduce it into Southern Europe. [Written also goramy.]

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, w…

A climbing plant having flowers of great fragrance (Lonicera Periclymenum); the honeysuckle.