leipoa

leipoa
/luy poh"euh/, n.
[ < NL (1840), the genus name, equiv. to Gk leíp(ein) to leave + oi(ón) egg (see OO-) + NL -a -A2; alluding to the bird's habit of leaving its eggs in a mound after laying them]

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