mallee bird

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Webster's Dictionary (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. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

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