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Noun: mallee fowl
  1. Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
    - leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata

Derived forms: mallee fowl

Type of: megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl

Part of: genus Leipoa

Encyclopedia: Mallee fowl