mallee fowl

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mallee fowl

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an Australian megapode, Leipoa ocellata, that allows its eggs to incubate naturally in a sandy mound

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mallee fowl - Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds

leipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan

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 Leipoa - mallee fowl

mallee hen - adult female mallee fowl

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family Megapodiidae fowl genus Leipoa gnow Leipoa Leipoa ocellata lowan mallee hen megapode Megapodiidae mound bird Mound Builder mound-bird scrub fowl			Frith, like Ratcliffe, was passionate about conservation and he attempted to change community attitudes by writing a series of popular books on Mallee fowl, waterbirds, pigeons, kangaroos and the birds of the High Country. Fields of discovery: the CSIRO's long history of environmental ... by Collis, Brad / Ecos Frith himself conducted pioneering studies on mallee fowl, ducks, zebra finches and native pigeons and doves and was one of the first proponents of a national park at Kakadu. Ecology takes on the human touch by Sarre, Alastair / Ecos The latter species became extinct on the Australian mainland earlier this century, and the mallee fowl is now rare or absent from large tracts of the rangelands. Slow change on the range by Sarre, Alastair / Ecos			Maliseet malism malison malkin mall mall rat mall walking mallam mallanders mallard Mallarme Mallarmé Malle malleability malleable malleable iron Malleable iron castings Malleableize Malleableness Malleal Malleate Malleation mallecho mallee mallee bird mallee fowl mallee hen mallee root mallei Mallemock mallemuck mallenders Malleolar malleolus mallet malleus Mallon Mallophaga Mallorca Mallotus mallow mallow family mallowpuff mallowpuff Maori mallowwort malm malma Malmag Malmédy Malmo Malmö			Malleable Penile Prosthesis malleable pig iron malleable retractor malleable retractor malleable retractor malleable retractor Malleableize Malleableize malleableness malleableness malleableness malleableness malleably malleably malleably malleably Malleal Malleate malleate trophus Malleation mallecho malled malled malled mallee mallee Mallee Agricultural Research and Extension Advisory Committee mallee bird Mallee Division of General Practice Mallee Domestic Violence Service mallee fowl mallee hen Mallee Machinery Field Days mallee root Mallee Sexual Assault Unit Malleefowl mallees mallees mallei mallei mallei mallein mallein mallein test mallein test Mallemock mallemuck Mallenders Mallenders malleoincudal malleolar malleolar malleolar malleolar artery, lateral anterior malleolar artery, lateral anterior malleolar artery, lateral anterior malleolar artery, lateral anterior malleolar artery, medial anterior malleolar artery, medial anterior malleolar artery, medial anterior malleolar artery, medial anterior

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