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LOWAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
Synonyms:
leipoa; Leipoa ocellata; lowan; mallee fowl
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lowan" is a kind of...):
megapode; mound-bird; mound bird; mound builder; scrub fowl (large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lowan"):
mallee hen (adult female mallee fowl)
Holonyms ("lowan" is a member of...):
genus Leipoa (mallee fowl)