资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Leipoa \Lei*po"a\ (l[-i]*p[=o]"[.a]), n. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
资料来源 : WordNet®
Leipoa ocellata
n : Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy
mounds [syn: {mallee fowl}, {leipoa}, {lowan}]