'Leipoa' definitions:
Definition of 'leipoa'
(from WordNet)
noun
Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds [syn: mallee fowl, leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata]
Definition of 'Leipoa'
From: GCIDE
- Leipoa \Lei*po"a\ (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]