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Noun
megapode
mound bird
mound-bird
mound builder
scrub fowl
Definition: large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
Definition: 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.
Adjective
Definition: Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.