Hypertext Webster Gateway: "leipoa"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leipoa \Lei*po"a\ (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
leipoa
n : Australian moundbird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy
mounds [syn: {mallee fowl}, {lowan}, {Leipoa ocellata}]
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