We found 1 definitions of megapodiidaes from 1 different sources.
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megapodiidae - megapodes | ||
family Megapodiidae | ||
bird family a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings | ||
galliformes, order galliformes pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins | ||
genus-megapodius, megapodius type genus of the Megapodiidae | ||
megapode, mound-bird, mound bird, scrub fowl, mound builder large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | ||
genus leipoa mallee fowl | ||
alectura, genus alectura brush turkeys |