About The Word Megapode
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Megapode
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What's The Definition Of Megapode?
[n] large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
Synonyms | Synonyms for Megapode: mound builder | moundbird | scrub fowl Related Terms | Find terms related to Megapode: See Also | Alectura lathami | brush turkey | family Megapodiidae | gallinaceon | gallinaceous bird | leipoa | Leipoa ocellata | lowan | Macrocephalon maleo | maleo | mallee fowl | Megapodiidae Megapode In Webster's Dictionary \Meg"a*pode\, n. [Mega- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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}.
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