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Leipoa   Listen
noun
Leipoa  n.  (Zool.) 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. 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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Words linked to "Leipoa" :   mound-bird, mallee hen, mallee fowl, genus Leipoa, lowan, mound bird, scrub fowl, megapode



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