See Also: Leipoa(medicine)

muniment (iou) and Leipoa (medicine)


muniment (iou)



muniment noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin munimentum fortification, (in medieval Latin) title-deed, from munire fortify, secure: see -MENT.]
A document (as a title-deed, charter, etc.) preserved as evidence of rights or privileges (usu. in pl.). In pl. also, archives. LME.
In pl. Things with which a person or place is provided; furnishings. L15-M19.
Anything serving as a defence or protection. Now rare. M16.
Comb.: muniment deed a title-deed.

Leipoa (medicine)


leipoa
<ornithology> A genus of Australian gallinaceous birds including but a single species (Leipoa ocellata), about the size of a turkey. Its colour is variegated, drown, black, white, and gray. Called also native pheasant.

It makes large mounds of sand and vegetable material, in which its eggs are laid to be hatched by the heat of the decomposing mass.

Source: Websters Dictionary