Definition of megapode Megapode
meg•a•pode
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What does megapode mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: megapodes |
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| megapode - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | ||
| mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl | ||
| gallinacean, 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 | ||
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Wiktionary 
- megapode (Noun)
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. - megapode (Adjective)
Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- megapode (n.)
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.
Wikipedia 
- The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae, typically building a compostlike mound of decaying vegetation as an incubator for their eggs.
Part of speech
🔤- megapode, noun, singular of megapodes.
