English Explanatory Dictionary

megapode

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.
adj
  1. Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

Word forms

megapode megapodes more megapode most megapode

Etymology

From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).

Synonyms

brush-turkey incubator bird moundbird mound-builder scrubfowl

Derived words

Biak megapode Megapodius geelvinkianus dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet Forsten's megapode Megapodius forstenii Melanesian megapode Megapodius eremita Micronesian megapode Megapodius laperouse Moluccan megapode Eulipoa wallacei New Guinea megapode Megapodius decollatus Nicobar megapode Megapodius nicobariensis orange-footed megapode Megapodius reinwardt Philippine megapode Megapodius cumingii Polynesian megapode Megapodius pritchardii Sula megapode Megapodius bernsteinii Tanimbar megapode Megapodius tenimberensis Tongan megapode Vanuatu megapode Megapodius layardi
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