Associations to the word «Megapode»
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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
Dictionary definition
MEGAPODE, noun. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
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