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▪ I. lowan Austral.|ˈləʊən|
[Aboriginal name.]
= mallee bird, fowl, hen (mallee).
1861H. W. Wheelwright Bush Wanderings iv. 63 The lowan is a plain dull-coloured bird, brownish black, a little larger than the common fowl. 1888‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms II. ii. 23 The lowan (Mallee hen, they're mostly called) and tallagatta (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners. 1939Nature 12 Aug. 272/2 It [sc. Wyperfeld (Mallee) National Park, Victoria] is probably..the last home of that wonderful bird—the mound builder called the lowan, which incubates its eggs in the vegetative centre of mounds which it builds. 1963[see incubator-bird (incubator 5)].
▪ II. lowan
variant of lown. |