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mallee fowl
or mallee-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.
mallee fowl
noun
- an Australian megapode, Leipoa ocellata, that allows its eggs to incubate naturally in a sandy mound
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mallee fowl1
First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences
This means there is one genus of Mallee-Fowl in the world, and it is found only in Australia.
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