leipoa ocellata

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leipoa ocellata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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

leipoa ocellata - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Leipoa ocellata
      n 1: Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy
           mounds [syn: mallee fowl, leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata
           ]