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    MALLEE FOWL

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy moundsplay

    Synonyms:

    leipoa; Leipoa ocellata; lowan; mallee fowl

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("mallee fowl" 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)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mallee fowl"):

    mallee hen (adult female mallee fowl)

    Holonyms ("mallee fowl" is a member of...):

    genus Leipoa (mallee fowl)

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