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Maleo

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Ma´le`o
n.1.(Zool.) A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs.
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Noun1.Maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beachesmaleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches
Macrocephalon maleo
megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, scrub fowl, mound builder - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
genus Macrocephalon, Macrocephalon - maleos
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