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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Lei·po·a n.  Zool. A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant.
 Note: ☞ It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 mal·lee bird Zool.  The leipoa, or Australian moundbird; it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.  See Leipoa.
 Syn: -- mallee fowl, mallee-fowl, leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Leipoa ocellata
      n : Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy
          mounds [syn: mallee fowl, leipoa, lowan]