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Leipoa
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Leipoa, n. [NL.].
A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata ), about the size of a turkey. Its color is variegated, brown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant . [1913 Webster]
" It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass." [1913 Webster]
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