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leipoa

[ lahy-poh-uh ]

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Word History and Origins

Origin of leipoa1

< New Latin (1840), the genus name, equivalent to Greek leíp ( ein ) to leave + ōi ( ón ) egg ( oo- ) + New Latin -a -a 2; alluding to the bird's habit of leaving its eggs in a mound after laying them
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Example Sentences

In the scrubs to-day we saw a native pheasant's nest, the Leipoa ocellata of Gould, but there were no eggs in it.

This bird is figured in Gould's work on Australian ornithology; it is called the Leipoa ocellata.

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