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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of mound-birds or brush-turkeys of Celebes, of the family Megapodiidæ and subfamily Talegallinæ; the maleos: so called from the size of the head, which results from an expansion of the cranial walls into a kind of helmet. M. maleo is the only species.

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