leipoa Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
mallee fowl; lowan; Leipoa ocellata.
WordNet
Lei*po"a noun
Etymology
NL.Definitions
(Zoöl.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species ( Leipoa ocellata ), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, drown, black, white, and gray. Called alsonative pheasant .✍ 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.