Noun: Macrocephalon maleo
- Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches
"The Macrocephalon maleo's eggs were carefully buried in the warm sand";
- maleo
Type of: megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl
Part of: genus Macrocephalon, Macrocephalon
Encyclopedia: Macrocephalon maleo