lowan
/ˈloʊən/
noun
- A large Australian bird (also called mallee fowl) that builds a mound of soil and leaves to incubate its eggs using heat from rotting vegetation.
- The lowan uses its strong legs to scrape together a large nesting mound.
- We spotted a lowan scratching through the dry leaves in the mallee scrub.
- Unlike most birds, the lowan does not sit on its eggs but relies on the warmth of the mound.