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Megapode

Megapode Meaning & Definition
Megapode Definition And Meaning

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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