scrub_fowl (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

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

English > *scrub fowl*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
Synonyms	megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder
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: scrub_fowl