leipoa ocellata

Noun

Synonyms: mallee fowl leipoa lowan Leipoa ocellata

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy moundsSynonyms: mallee fowl leipoa lowan Leipoa ocellata

Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster]

lowan \lowan\ n. The Australian moundbird (Leipoa ocellata); it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.

Syn: mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, Leipoa ocellata. [WordNet 1.5]

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. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

mallee fowl \mallee fowl\ n. (Zool.), Same as mallee bird (Leipoa ocellata). See also Leipoa. [WordNet 1.5]

mallee hen \mallee hen\ n. (Zool.), The adult female of the mallee fowl (Leipoa ocellata). See Leipoa. [WordNet 1.5] Mallemock