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MALLEE HEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mallee hen mean?
• MALLEE HEN (noun)
The noun MALLEE HEN has 1 sense:
1. adult female mallee fowl
Familiarity information: MALLEE HEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adult female mallee fowl
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("mallee hen" is a kind of...):
leipoa; Leipoa ocellata; lowan; mallee fowl (Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds)
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