Associations to the word «Megapode»

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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