maleo

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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.

词形变化

maleos plural

词源

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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