megapode (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *megapode*:
NOUN	animal	megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl	large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia

English > *megapode*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
Synonyms	mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl
Member of	Megapodiidae, family Megapodiidae	megapodes
Narrower	brush turkey, Alectura lathami	black megapode of wooded regions / regions of Australia and New Guinea
	maleo, Macrocephalon maleo	Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches
	mallee fowl, leipoa, lowan, Leipoa ocellata	Australian mound bird
Broader	gallinaceous bird, gallinacean	Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
Spanish	megapode, megapodiidae, megápodo
Catalan	megapode, megapòdid

HyperDic: megapode