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Definition of Maleo
1. Noun. Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches.
Generic synonyms: Megapode, Mound Bird, Mound Builder, Mound-bird, Scrub Fowl
Group relationships: Genus Macrocephalon, Macrocephalon
Definition of Maleo
1. n. A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.
Definition of Maleo
1. Noun. A species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Maleo
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Maleo
Literary usage of Maleo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Collected Scientific Papers of the Late Alfred Henry Garrod by Alfred Henry Garrod, William Alexander Forbes (1881)
"ON THE ANATOMY OF THE maleo (MEGA- CEPHALON maleo).* Page 629. ... maleo is
interesting as a peculiar form; I therefore take the opportunity of bringing ..."
2. The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea: with notices of by Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1889)
"... for a distance of two miles and a half along the shore, and, as that distinguished
naturalist has remarked, define accurately the limits THE maleo. ..."
3. Memoirs of the History of France During the Reign of Napoleon by Napoleon, Gaspard Gourgaud, Charles Jean Tristan Montholon (1824)
"... interest yourself in getting it restored to his son. BONAPARTE. MILITARY LETTERS
ADDRESSED TO NAPOLEON. maleo, 20th Floreal, year IV. (9th May, 1796. ..."
4. Travels in the Morea: With a Map and Plans by William Martin Leake (1830)
"On either side of the entrance of the maleo stood a statue of a young pugilist,
... In one angle of the maleo there was a head and shoulders of Hercules, ..."
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