单词 | mallee-fowl |
释义 | mallee fowl in British Englishnoun an Australian megapode, Leipoa ocellata, that allows its eggs to incubate naturally in a sandy mound mallee fowl in American Englishnoun an Australian bird, Leipoa ocellata, of variegated gray, brown, white, and black plumage, that lays up to 35 eggs in an incubating mound Also: mallee-fowl. Also called: leipoa, lowan Word origin [1960–65]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: buyback, parvovirus, power play, tag question, zip codeDefinition of 'mallee fowl' |
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