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MALLEE FOWL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mallee fowl mean? 

MALLEE FOWL (noun)
  The noun MALLEE FOWL has 1 sense:

1. Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy moundsplay

  Familiarity information: MALLEE FOWL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MALLEE FOWL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leipoa; Leipoa ocellata; lowan; mallee fowl

Hypernyms ("mallee fowl" is a kind of...):

megapode; mound-bird; mound bird; mound builder; scrub fowl (large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mallee fowl"):

mallee hen (adult female mallee fowl)

Holonyms ("mallee fowl" is a member of...):

genus Leipoa (mallee fowl)


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