megapode
Meanings
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.
Adjective
- Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
Related
Similar words
- brush-turkey
- incubator bird
- moundbird
- mound-builder
- scrubfowl
Origin
Modern English dictionary
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