mallee fowl

or mal·lee-fowl

noun

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

Origin of mallee fowl

First recorded in 1960–65

Also called leipoa, lowan.

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Examples from the Web for mallee fowl

Historical Examples of mallee fowl

This means there is one genus of Mallee-Fowl in the world, and it is found only in Australia.
An Australian Bird Book
John Albert Leach

British Dictionary definitions for mallee fowl

mallee fowl

noun

an Australian megapode, Leipoa ocellata, that allows its eggs to incubate naturally in a sandy mound

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