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malleefowl

malleefowl is the alternative form of mallee fowl.

Meaning of mallee fowl

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

Forms of malleefowl

pluralmalleefowls
pluralmalleefowl

Questions about malleefowl

What is malleefowl the alternative form of?
Malleefowl is the alternative form of mallee fowl.

Words near malleefowl in the dictionary

  1. mallee birds
  2. mallee fowl
  3. mallee fowls
  4. mallee hen
  5. mallee hens
  6. malleefowl
  7. malleefowls
  8. mallees
  9. mallei
  10. malleid
  11. malleids

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