Meanings
nounleipoa (plural leipoas)
plural leipoas
- A mallee fowl (genus Leipoa).
But while each pair of the leipoas have their own family incubator which is devoted exclusively to hatching Mrs. Leipoa's eggs, the brush turkeys go in for mass production.
1938, Alpheus Hyatt Verrill, Strange Birds and Their Stories, page 180
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAustralian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
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APA
leipoa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leipoa
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“leipoa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leipoa. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leipoa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leipoa.
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