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Definition of Megapode
1. Noun. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
Generic synonyms: Gallinacean, Gallinaceous Bird
Group relationships: Family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae
Specialized synonyms: Leipoa, Leipoa Ocellata, Lowan, Mallee Fowl, Alectura Lathami, Brush Turkey, Macrocephalon Maleo, Maleo
Definition of Megapode
1. n. Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl
Definition of Megapode
1. 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. ¹
2. Adjective. Characteristic of the Megapodiidae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Megapode
1. a large-footed bird [n -S]
Medical Definition of Megapode
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Megapode
Literary usage of Megapode
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Andamans and Nicobars: The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner by Cecil Boden Kloss (1903)
"... Birds — megapodes — A Swamp — Crocodile — megapode Mound—Wreck and Death of
Captain Owen, 1708—We leave ..."
2. Proceedings by Zoological Society of London (1869)
"The megapode that lays this egg builds its mound on the mountains near the sulphur-
springs. The natives told me that the mound is large, or, ..."
3. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1848)
"Gould's megapode. Megapodius Gouldii, GR Gray, Proc. ZS 18*51, p. 290. ...
The Mound-raising megapode. Megapodius tumulus, Gould, Proc. ZS 1842, p.; id. ..."
4. Jottings During the Cruise of H. M. S. Curac̜oa Among the South Sea Islands by Julius Lucius Brenchley, Curaçoa (Steam frigate) (1873)
"The neighbouring group of islands, the New Hebrides, is also the abode of a
species of megapode; and we are told by Capt. M'Leod that they are found ..."
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