mallee : Idioms & Phrases
black mallee
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noun a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt; yields a red eucalyptus kino gum
black gum; black sally; Eucalytus stellulata.
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congoo mallee
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noun small shrubby mallee
Eucalyptus dumosa; congoo mallee.
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mallee bird
Mal*lee" bird`
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(Zoöl.) From native name. The leipoa. See Leipoa .
Webster 1913
mallee fowl
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noun Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
leipoa; lowan; Leipoa ocellata.
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mallee hen
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noun adult female mallee fowl
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white mallee
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noun small shrubby mallee
Eucalyptus dumosa; congoo mallee.
