English Explanatory Dictionary

maleo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Macrocephalon maleo, a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.

Word forms

maleo maleos

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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