Definition of Mallee fowl

1. Noun. Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.

Exact synonyms: Leipoa, Leipoa Ocellata, Lowan
Generic synonyms: Megapode, Mound Bird, Mound Builder, Mound-bird, Scrub Fowl
Group relationships: Genus Leipoa
Specialized synonyms: Mallee Hen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mallee Fowl

mallear fold
mallear prominence
mallear stripe
malleate
malleated
malleates
malleating
malleation
malleations
mallebrin
mallecho
mallechos
malled
mallee
mallee bird
mallee fowl (current term)
mallee hen
malleefowl
malleefowls
mallees
mallei
malleiform
mallein
malleinization
mallemaroking
mallemoke
mallemuck
mallemucks
mallenders
malleoincudal

Literary usage of Mallee fowl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Wanderings of a Spiritualist by Arthur Conan Doyle (1921)
"—The mallee fowl.—Sussex in Australia.—Farewell to Adelaide. I WAS welcomed to Australia by a hospitable letter from the Premier, Mr. Hughes, who assured me ..."

2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1916)
"... photographs of Australian birds is published in this number. The South Australian Ornithologist. II, Parte. April 1,1916. Notes on the mallee fowl. ..."

3. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"... are represented by 3 genera and 4 species; most of them are restricted to northern Australia, but the mallee fowl (Lipoa ..."

4. Annual Report of the New York Zoological Society by New York Zoological Society (1914)
"... a very uncommon species, and an ocellated megapode or mallee fowl (Lipoa ocellata), a now rare member of a group well known from the habit of allowing ..."

5. Official Year Book of New South Wales by Australian Bureau of Statistics (1897)
"... found in the northern coastal scrubs and contiguous mountain ranges, and the mallee fowl (Lipoa ocellata), inhabiting the inland districts. ..."

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