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    MACROCEPHALON MALEO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beachesplay

    Synonyms:

    Macrocephalon maleo; maleo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Macrocephalon maleo" is a kind of...):

    megapode; mound-bird; mound bird; mound builder; scrub fowl (large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs)

    Holonyms ("Macrocephalon maleo" is a member of...):

    genus Macrocephalon; Macrocephalon (maleos)

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