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PRONUNCIATION OF MALLEE FOWL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MALLEE FOWL

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Mallee fowl is a noun.
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WHAT DOES MALLEE FOWL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mallee fowl

Malleefowl

The malleefowl is a stocky ground-dwelling Australian bird about the size of a domestic chicken. They are notable for the large nesting mounds constructed by the males and lack of parental care after the chicks hatch. It is the only living representative of the genus Leipoa, though the extinct giant malleefowl was a close relative.

Definition of mallee fowl in the English dictionary

The definition of mallee fowl in the dictionary is an Australian megapode, Leipoa ocellata, that allows its eggs to incubate naturally in a sandy mound.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MALLEE FOWL

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WORDS THAT END LIKE MALLEE FOWL

barnyard fowl
batfowl
domestic fowl
fowl
game fowl
garefowl
guinea fowl
heathfowl
jungle fowl
moorfowl
neither fish, flesh, nor fowl
peafowl
prairie fowl
scrub fowl
seafowl
waterfowl
wildfowl

Synonyms and antonyms of mallee fowl in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «mallee fowl» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MALLEE FOWL

Find out the translation of mallee fowl to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mallee fowl from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mallee fowl» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

桉树家禽
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ave de mallee
570 millions of speakers

English

mallee fowl
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Mallee मुर्गी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

الطيور mallee
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

малли птицы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

aves mallee
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ম্যালি ফাউল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

volaille mallee
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mallee fowl
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mallee geflügel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ユーカリの家禽
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mallee 닭
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mallee fowl
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

gà mallee
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழுத்த கோழி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

माली पक्षी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mallee kümes hayvanı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

gallinacei mallee
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Mallee ptactwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

маллі птиці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pasăre mallee
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mallee πουλερικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mallee voëls
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mallee fowl
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Mallee fugl
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mallee fowl

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MALLEE FOWL»

The term «mallee fowl» is used very little and occupies the 189.532 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MALLEE FOWL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mallee fowl

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MALLEE FOWL»

Discover the use of mallee fowl in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mallee fowl and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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International Wildlife Encyclopedia: Leopard - marten
A male mallee fowl making adjustments to his nest mound to control the internal temperature. The eggs buried inside need to be kept at a constant 91°F(33°C). MALLEE FOWL The mallee fowl is one of eight threatened ...
‎2002
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Postcards: Day Trips from Adelaide
Mal. lee. lfovvl. Koéiavi/avii. at. 56l/l/l. he Mallee Fowl Restaurant is set in mallee scrub off the Sturt Highway near Berri. Just as the native mallee fowl collects leftover and discarded materials to make its rambling nest, so too do Caryl Michael ...
Alan Hickey, Alan Hickey, Keith Conlon and Ron Kandelaars, 2003
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Victoria:
The AAallee Fowl The rare mallee fowl is one of Australia's most fascinating birds . The mature birds are about the size of a small turkey and mainly grey in colour. Their wings and backs are patterned in black, white and brown, which helps to ...
Chris Rowthorn, Alex Landragin, Kate Daly, 2002
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The Best Nest
'Is this your nest?' the Robins asked the Mallee-fowls as they landed near a big mound of earth. 'Yes, of course,' Mitchell Mallee-fowl said, feeling annoyed. 'But where are your eggs?' Rocky Robin inquired. 'Inside the mound, of course,' ...
‎2010
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Lonely Planet Melbourne & Victoria
Lonely Planet, Jayne D'Arcy, Paul Harding, Donna Wheeler. Information Little Desert Park Office ( 5389 1204; www.parkweb.vic.gov.au; Nursery Rd, Wail) Off the Western Hwy south of Dimboola. A RARE OLD BIRD The rare mallee fowl is one ...
Lonely Planet, Jayne D'Arcy, Paul Harding, 2012
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Boom & Bust: Bird Stories for a Dry Country
24 Frith HJ (1955) Incubation in the Mallee Fowl (Leipoa ocellata, Megapodii- dae). In Proceedings of the 11th International Ornithological Congress, Basel, pp. 570–74; Frith HJ (1962) The Mallee Fowl: A Bird that Builds an Incubator.
Libby Robin, Leo Joseph, Robert Heinsohn, 2009
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Melbourne & Victoria. Con Pianta. Ediz. Inglese
GATEWAY TOWNS The delightful town of Nhill, 16km north of the Little Desert Lodge, is an interesting place A RARE OLD BIRD The rare mallee fowl is one of Australia's most fascinating birds. The mature birds are about the size of a small ...
‎2008
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Library of Congress Subject Headings
P2485 (Zoology)] UF Stipiturus mallee BT Emu wrens Mallee fowl USE Malleefowl Mallee hen USE Malleefowl Mallee kangaroo USE Western grey kangaroo Malleefowl (May Subd Geog) [QL696.G25 (Zoology)] UF Leipoa ocellata [Former ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2007
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The Batting Doctor's Cricket Wisdom
On the other wall and to the right of me are pictures of a Spinifex Pigeon, various wonderfully coloured wrens and a mallee fowl. The Spinifex Pigeon inhabits Northern Australia and is a strikingly beautiful orangey-red with black bands. It has ...
The Batting Doctor, 2013
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The Emperor's Embrace: Reflections on Animal Families and ...
Two species of this bird, the Australian brush turkey and the mallee fowl, are capable, to the astonishment of everybody who hasstudied them, ofdetecting and regulatingthe temperature ofthe mound. The malebuilds its mound with different ...
Jeffrey Masson, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MALLEE FOWL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mallee fowl is used in the context of the following news items.
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Adventures in a fascinating forest
... bushwalking to the Aboriginal ochre pits, Old Mill Dam and mallee fowl nests. A few just want to sit on the veranda wrapped in a blanket with ... «The West Australian, Jun 15»
2
Riverland Heritage Agreements
Malleefowland Bruce A property owner in Waikerie decided to enter into a Heritage Agreement to protect habitat for the Mallee Fowl. «ABC Online, Jun 15»
3
Bushfire burn-off targets to be replaced with risk-based strategy
Birds like the rare Mallee Emu Wren and the remarkable Mallee Fowl are now in trouble," spokesman Phil Ingamells​ said. "A change in policy ... «The Age, May 15»
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Diversity on the cards for Nalbarra
John Wainwright, Nalbarra station, at a mallee fowl nest. He says wild dogs have taken the mallee fowl that built this nest. Karen (left) and John ... «Farm Weekly, Apr 15»
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Indigenous ranger training program kicks off for Ngadju nation in …
... participants in courses such as first aid, chemical handling, invasive weeds identification, fire mitigation, and Mallee fowl preservation. «ABC Online, Feb 15»
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Rare glimpse of mallee fowl nesting in the Riverland
Loxton couple David and Shirley Wells have been independently monitoring mallee fowl nests at the pastoral lease station, north of Renmark in ... «ABC Online, Jan 15»
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Working in partnership with Aboriginal culture
This basket was used to collect the eggs of mallee fowl and there was a constellation that came or disappeared in September and that's when ... «ArtsHub, Jan 15»
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Malleefowl protections focus of conditions imposed on Balranald …
... be installed around a 16,000 hectare 'biodiversity offset' site, to prevent feral goats impacting species like the endangered mallee fowl. «ABC Online, Sep 14»
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Feral cats in the Riverland and Mallee
There were also reports of Mallee Fowl, so the Mid Murray LAP is doing what it can to try and protect the rare bird species from these predators. «ABC Online, Jul 14»
10
The Wild West
And we've recently had very juvenile mallee fowl come out, which must mean that there's a nest here, which means there aren't foxes predating ... «ABC Online, May 14»

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