Lexic.us

Definition of Leipoa

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

Definition of Leipoa

1. n. 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.

Definition of Leipoa

1. an Australian bird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Leipoa

1. A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its colour is variegated, drown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant. 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Leipoa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Australia Twice Traversed: The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative by Ernest Giles (1889)
"... Hogarth's Wells — Mount Marie and Mount Jeanie—Pointed ranges to the west—Chop a passage—Traces of volcanic action—Highly magnetic hills—The leipoa ..."

2. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"OCELLATED leipoa. leipoa ocellata, Gould in Proc. of Zool. ... The Ocellated leipoa appears to be more peculiarly suited for a plain and open country than ..."

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