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Definition of Leipoa ocellata
1. Noun. Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.
Generic synonyms: Megapode, Mound Bird, Mound Builder, Mound-bird, Scrub Fowl
Group relationships: Genus Leipoa
Specialized synonyms: Mallee Hen
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leipoa Ocellata
Literary usage of Leipoa ocellata
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"leipoa ocellata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc., part viii. p. 126. ... leipoa ocellata,
Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. v. pl. 78. ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"22 : Lowan, «. aboriginal bird- name for leipoa ocellata, Gould. ... There the
so-called Malice hen, or Native name, Lowan {leipoa ocellata], loves to dwell ..."
3. An introduction to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1848)
"leipoa ocellata, Gould Vol. V. PI. 78. Since I wrote my account of this bird, it
has been found to be abundantly dispersed over all parts of the Murray ..."
4. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative by Ernest Giles (1889)
"... Wells — Mount Marie and Mount Jeanie—Pointed ranges to the west—Chop a
passage—Traces of volcanic action—Highly magnetic hills—The leipoa ocellata— ..."
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