Lexicographical Neighbors of Megapods
Literary usage of Megapods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... whicli latter the megapods represent in the Australasian region. They are
known as mound-birds from their singu- Mound-bird ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"To the naturalist Lombok is of particular interest as the frontier island of the
Australian region, with its cockatoos and megapods or mound- builders, ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and to the naturalist it is of particular interest as the frontier island of
the Australian region, with its cockatoos and megapods or mound-builders, ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (1904)
"It is thought by some authorities that the megapods were introduced into the
Pacific Islands through the agency of man. ..."
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