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mallee fowl

or mallee-fowl

noun

  1. an Australian bird, Leipoa ocellata, of variegated gray, brown, white, and black plumage, that lays up to 35 eggs in an incubating mound.


mallee fowl

noun

  1. an Australian megapode, Leipoa ocellata, that allows its eggs to incubate naturally in a sandy mound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mallee fowl1

First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences

This means there is one genus of Mallee-Fowl in the world, and it is found only in Australia.

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