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Leipoa ocellata
(gcide) | Leipoa \Lei*po"a\ (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zool.)
A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a
single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a
turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and
gray. Called also native pheasant.
[1913 Webster]
Note: It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material,
in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of
the decomposing mass.
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Leipoa ocellata
(gcide) | lowan \lowan\ n.
The Australian moundbird (Leipoa ocellata); it incubates
eggs naturally in sandy mounds.
Syn: mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, Leipoa ocellata.
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Leipoa ocellata
(gcide) | mallee bird \mal*lee" bird`\ (Zool.) [From native name.]
The leipoa, or Australian moundbird; it incubates eggs
naturally in sandy mounds. See Leipoa.
Syn: mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, lowan, {Leipoa
ocellata}.
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Leipoa ocellata
(gcide) | mallee fowl \mallee fowl\ n. (Zool.),
Same as mallee bird (Leipoa ocellata). See also Leipoa.
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Leipoa ocellata
(gcide) | mallee hen \mallee hen\ n. (Zool.),
The adult female of the mallee fowl (Leipoa ocellata). See
Leipoa.
[WordNet 1.5] Mallemock |
leipoa ocellata
(wn) | Leipoa ocellata
n 1: Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy
mounds [syn: mallee fowl, leipoa, lowan, {Leipoa
ocellata}] |
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