Meanings
nounmallee fowl (plural mallee fowls or mallee fowl)
plural mallee fowls · alternative malleefowl
- An Australian ground-dwelling bird, Leipoa ocellata, in the megapode family.
He found a couple of mallee fowl who opened their mound each morning to let the autumn sun warm their eggs […].
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 401
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
nounAustralian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Finnish malleekana
- malleekanaLeipoa ocellata
French léipoa ocellé
- léipoa ocelléLeipoa ocellata
Hungarian homoki ásótyúk, homoki lábastyúk
- homoki ásótyúkLeipoa ocellata
- homoki lábastyúkLeipoa ocellata
- máleóLeipoa ocellata
Russian гла́зчатая ку́рица
- гла́зчатая ку́рица (glázčataja kúrica)Leipoa ocellata
Cite this entry
APA
mallee fowl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mallee%20fowl
MLA
“mallee fowl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mallee%20fowl. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mallee fowl,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mallee%20fowl.
Source: mallee fowl on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.