maleon.

Brit.

/ˈmalɪəʊ/, U.S.

/ˈmælɪoʊ/

Forms: 1800s– maleo, 1900s– malleo.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin maleo.

Etymology: < scientific Latin maleo (S. Müller 1846, in Arch. f. Naturgeschichte 12 116) < Moluccan Malay maleo, moleo megapode (not restricted to Macrocephalon maleo); compare Tongan malao. Compare Dutch moeleoe, malleoe in F. Valentijn Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën (1726) II. iv. ii. §320.

More fully maleo fowl. A black and white megapode bird, Macrocephalon maleo, native to Sulawesi.

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the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder)

megapode1840

mound-building bird1846

mound bird1855

maleo1860

mound-maker1860

mound builder1869

megapod1890

incubator-bird1943

1860 Ibis 2 143 In and around these holes..the eggs of the Maleos are found.

1985 Birds Winter 9/1 Maleos incubate their eggs by burying them.

1994 Nature Conservancy Jan. 8/2 The two areas..are home to numerous endangered species, including the..maleo fowl.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maleo
释义	maleon. Brit. /ˈmalɪəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmælɪoʊ/ Forms: 1800s– maleo, 1900s– malleo. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin maleo. Etymology: < scientific Latin maleo (S. Müller 1846, in Arch. f. Naturgeschichte 12 116) < Moluccan Malay maleo, moleo megapode (not restricted to Macrocephalon maleo); compare Tongan malao. Compare Dutch moeleoe, malleoe in F. Valentijn Oud en nieuw Oost-Indiën (1726) II. iv. ii. §320. More fully maleo fowl. A black and white megapode bird, Macrocephalon maleo, native to Sulawesi. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder) megapode1840 mound-building bird1846 mound bird1855 maleo1860 mound-maker1860 mound builder1869 megapod1890 incubator-bird1943 1860 Ibis 2 143 In and around these holes..the eggs of the Maleos are found. 1985 Birds Winter 9/1 Maleos incubate their eggs by burying them. 1994 Nature Conservancy Jan. 8/2 The two areas..are home to numerous endangered species, including the..maleo fowl. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1860
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