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mallee fowl

mallee fowl noun: an Australian ground-dwelling bird, Leipoa ocellata, in the megapode family.

Noun

mallee fowl (plural mallee fowls or mallee fowl)

  1. An Australian ground-dwelling bird, Leipoa ocellata, in the megapode family.
    • He found a couple of mallee fowl who opened their mound each morning to let the autumn sun warm their eggs […].1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 401
    Synonyms:
    gnow, lowan

Synonyms of mallee fowl

Forms of mallee fowl

pluralmallee fowls
pluralmallee fowl
alternative formmalleefowl

Questions about mallee fowl

What does mallee fowl mean?
Mallee fowl means an Australian ground-dwelling bird, Leipoa ocellata, in the megapode family.
What part of speech is mallee fowl?
Mallee fowl is a noun.
What is the plural of mallee fowl?
The plural of mallee fowl is mallee fowls.

Words near mallee fowl in the dictionary

  1. Malleco
  2. malled
  3. mallee
  4. mallee bird
  5. mallee birds
  6. mallee fowl
  7. mallee fowls
  8. mallee hen
  9. mallee hens
  10. malleefowl
  11. malleefowls

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