Found 2 items, similar to Leipoa.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: leipoa
leipoa
n : Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy
mounds [syn:
mallee fowl,
lowan,
Leipoa ocellata]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Leipoa
Leipoa
\Lei*po"a\ (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
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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