maleo
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Definition of maleo
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Macrocephalon maleo, a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.
“It is in this loose, hot, black sand that those singular birds, the "Maleos" deposit their eggs.”
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Etymology
The common term for megapodes (including the maleo) in various Celebic langauges of the Sulawesi region; introduced as a common name by Dutch zoologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1826, and as a species epithet by German naturalist Salomon Müller in 1846.
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