Crossword-Solution: MALEO
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Maleo | n. | A bird of Celebes (megacephalon maleo), allied to the brush turkey. It makes mounds in which to lay its eggs. |
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| Word | Anagrams | |
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| MALEO | anagram | AMOLE, MEOLA |
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| INDIAN bird | 24 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with MALEO (5)
Among these were the rare forest Kingfisher (Cittura cyanotis), a small new species of Megapodius, and one specimen of the large and interesting Maleo (Megacephalon rubripes), to obtain which was one of my chief reasons for visiting this district.
The feet of the Maleo are not nearly so large or strong in proportion as in these birds, while its claws are short and straight instead of being long and much curved.
Lastly, in the Gallinaceous tribe, the curious helmeted Maleo (Megacephalon rubripes) is quite isolated, having its nearest (but still distant) allies in the Brush-turkeys of Australia and New Guinea.
Curious-looking things, with a sort of helmet on their heads." "I think I know them," said the captain, "a sort of brush-turkey, I expect, the maleo birds I think they are called, and they are splendid eating.
Here, too, were quite a flock of the maleo birds, scratching and searching for food, after the fashion of fowl; but as the boat stopped they took alarm, and seemed to skim over the sand, their feet striking the ground so rapidly as to become invisible.