megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl
(noun) large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
megapode (plural megapodes)
Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat. [from 19th c.]
• brush-turkey
• incubator bird
• moundbird
• mound-builder
• scrubfowl
megapode (comparative more megapode, superlative most megapode)
Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
Source: Wiktionary
Meg"a*pode, n. Etym: [Mega- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
21 June 2025
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