Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Australian brush-turkey or mallee-bird, Leipoa ocellata, one of the megapods or mound-birds.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The Australian moundbird (
Leipoa ocellata ); it incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
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Examples
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Warrigal used to get the lowan eggs -- beautiful pink thin-shelled ones they are, first-rate to eat, and one of 'em a man's breakfast.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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The lowan (Mallee hen, they're mostly called) and talegalla (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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Rational Review 2009
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Warrigal used to get the lowan eggs — beautiful pink thin-shelled ones they are, first-rate to eat, and one of ’em a man’s breakfast.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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The lowan (Mallee hen, they’re mostly called) and talegalla (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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If the latter is Hispanic or Black or Mississippian, lowan, Appalachian, or Yankee; Baptist or Catholic or Lutheran or Jewish or Episcopalian: German or Orangeman or Irish or Slav; urban or rural ” in each such case, one would expect to find significant differences in symbol systems.
Melt That Pot Novak, Michael 1976
reesetee commented on the word lowan
See malleefowl.
February 8, 2008