Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mallee fowl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables: mallee -fowl
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Australian ground-dwelling bird, Leipoa ocellata, in the megapode family.

Example Sentences

"He found a couple of mallee fowl who opened their mound each morning to let the autumn sun warm their eggs […]."

Inflected Forms

mallee fowls (plural) malleefowl (alternative)

Synonyms

gnow lowan leipoa leipoa ocellata

Questions

What does mallee fowl mean?: An Australian ground-dwelling bird, Leipoa ocellata, in the megapode family.

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