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单词 leipoa
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leipoa

[ lahy-poh-uh ]
/ laɪˈpoʊ ə /

noun

mallee fowl.

Origin of leipoa

<New Latin (1840), the genus name, equivalent to Greek leíp(ein) to leave + ōi(ón) egg (see oo-) + New Latin -a-a2; alluding to the bird's habit of leaving its eggs in a mound after laying them

Words nearby leipoa

leio-, leiodermia, leiomyofibroma, leiomyoma, leiomyosarcoma, leipoa, Leipzig, Leiria, Leishman-Donovan body, leishmania, Leishmania aethiopica
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Example sentences from the Web for leipoa

  • This bird is figured in Gould's work on Australian ornithology; it is called the Leipoa ocellata.

    Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration|Ernest Giles
  • In the scrubs to-day we saw a native pheasant's nest, the Leipoa ocellata of Gould, but there were no eggs in it.

    Australia Twice Traversed, The Romance of Exploration|Ernest Giles
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