lowan

[loh-uh n]

noun

mallee fowl.

Origin of lowan

1860–65; < Wemba-Wemba (Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Swan Hill, Victoria) lauan

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Historical Examples of lowan

I'll run up Lowan, and give her a bit of hay in the calf-pen.'
Robbery Under Arms
Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
In the scrubs to-day Gibson found a Lowan's or scrub pheasant's nest.
Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration
Ernest Giles
The lowan (Mallee hen, they're mostly called) and talegalla (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners.
Robbery Under Arms
Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood

British Dictionary definitions for lowan

lowan

noun

Australian another name for mallee fowl

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