maleo

WORDNET DICTIONARY

maleo(n = noun.animal) macrocephalon maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches;

is a kind of megapode, mound-bird, mound bird, mound builder, scrub fowl

is a member of genus macrocephalon, macrocephalon

maleo, n. [From its native name.].

A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs. [1913 Webster]