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Definition of Mound bird
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
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mound Bird
Literary usage of Mound bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand: From the by William Howitt (1865)
"A mound-bird's nest with large eggs.—Wretched waterless country.—Fowler's Bay.
... On the way they came to the nest of a mound-bird, ..."
2. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"mound bird, a bird belonging to the same group as the domestic fowl, whose name
refers to its ... The flesh of the mound bird is used as a table food. ..."
3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"E, OR MOUND-BIRD FAMILY. — This Family comprises Indian and Australian birds
which are celebrated for building large mounds of vegetation and sand, ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1869)
"... OR MOUND-BIRD FAMILY. — This Family comprises Indian and Australian birds
which are celebrated for building large mounds of vegetation and sand, ..."
5. The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand: From the by William Howitt (1865)
"A mound-bird's nest with large eggs.—Wretched waterless country.—Fowler's Bay.
... On the way they came to the nest of a mound-bird, ..."
6. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"mound bird, a bird belonging to the same group as the domestic fowl, whose name
refers to its ... The flesh of the mound bird is used as a table food. ..."
7. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"E, OR MOUND-BIRD FAMILY. — This Family comprises Indian and Australian birds
which are celebrated for building large mounds of vegetation and sand, ..."
8. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1869)
"... OR MOUND-BIRD FAMILY. — This Family comprises Indian and Australian birds
which are celebrated for building large mounds of vegetation and sand, ..."
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