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Megapode

noun

Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Synonyms: mound-bird, mound bird, mound builder, scrub fowl.

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... a mound-building bird, Megapodius tumulus, Gould. See also Megapode. The Indian Jungle-fowl ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

... name given to a mound-building bird, Megapodius tumulus, Gould. See also Megapode. The Indian Jungle-fowl is ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris

... Megapode, n. scientific name for a genus of Australian birds with large feet—the Mound-birds (q.v.). From Greek megas, large, and pous, podos, a foot. They are also ...

— A Dictionary of Austral English • Edward Morris