megapode
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meg·a·pode
(mĕg′ə-pōd′)n.
Any of various large-footed, ground-dwelling birds of the family Megapodiidae, found in Australia, Southeast Asia, and the South Pacific islands, that build mounds or burrows of earth and compost in which to incubate their eggs. Also called mound builder.
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megapode
(ˈmɛɡəˌpəʊd)n
(Animals) any ground-living gallinaceous bird of the family Megapodiidae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands. Their eggs incubate in mounds of sand, rotting vegetation, etc, by natural heat. Also called: mound-builder or moundbird See also brush turkey, mallee fowl
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| Noun | 1. |  megapode - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggsgallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae - megapodes leipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl - Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds Alectura lathami, brush turkey - black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea Macrocephalon maleo, maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches |
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megápodo