Origin: Greek prefix mega-
Megapode has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
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.
Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.