Leipoa

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A mallee fowl (genus Leipoa).

    "But while each pair of the leipoas have their own family incubator which is devoted exclusively to hatching Mrs. Leipoa's eggs, the brush turkeys go in for mass production."

  2. 2
    Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds wordnet

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leipoa ocellatalowanmallee fowlmallee fowl

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"But while each pair of the leipoas have their own family incubator which is devoted exclusively to hatching Mrs. Leipoa's eggs, the brush turkeys go in for mass production."

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