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 Definitions for Leipoa: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Leipoa \Lei*po"a\ (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (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.
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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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WordNet (r) 2.0
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leipoa
n : Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy
mounds [syn: mallee fowl, lowan, Leipoa ocellata]
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