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maleo
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maleo has 1 sense
- maleo(n = noun.animal) macrocephalon maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches; Array is a kind of megapode, mound-bird, mound bird, mound builder, scrub fowl
is a member of genus macrocephalon, macrocephalon
CIDE DICTIONARY
maleo, n. [From its native name.].
A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo ), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs. [1913 Webster]
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