Meaning of MEGAPODE
| Pronunciation: | | 'megu`powd
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| | Definition: | | [n] large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs |
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| | Synonyms: | | mound builder, moundbird, scrub fowl |
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| | See Also: | | Alectura lathami, brush turkey, family Megapodiidae, gallinaceon, gallinaceous bird, leipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan, Macrocephalon maleo, maleo, mallee fowl, Megapodiidae | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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