GENUS LEIPOA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Leipoa mean? 

• GENUS LEIPOA (noun)
  The noun GENUS LEIPOA has 1 sense:

1. mallee fowl

  Familiarity information: GENUS LEIPOA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LEIPOA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mallee fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Leipoa" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Leipoa"):

leipoa; Leipoa ocellata; lowan; mallee fowl (Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds)

Holonyms ("genus Leipoa" is a member of...):

family Megapodiidae; Megapodiidae (megapodes)