leipoa Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
    mallee fowl; lowan; Leipoa ocellata.

WordNet

Lei*po"a noun
Etymology
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Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, drown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant. ✍ 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.

Webster 1913