LEIPOA OCELLATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Leipoa ocellata mean? 

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

1. Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LEIPOA OCELLATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leipoa; Leipoa ocellata; lowan; mallee fowl

Hypernyms ("Leipoa ocellata" 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 "Leipoa ocellata"):

mallee hen (adult female mallee fowl)

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

genus Leipoa (mallee fowl)