Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Leipoa ocellata, a bird of the family Megapodidœ (see
Leipoa ). Also callednative pheasant by the English in Australia.
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In Australia the interdiction should include the thylacine or Tasmanian wolf, all the large kangaroos, the emu, lyre bird and the mallee-bird.
Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation William Temple Hornaday 1895
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