megapode
adjEtymology From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).
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Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
megapode
nounEtymology From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).
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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.
- In precocial species, such as megapodes, the young hatch with their eyes open and are ready to leave the nest within a short period of time.2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian:
- Synonyms
- brush-turkey, incubator bird, moundbird, mound-builder, scrubfowl
- Derived terms
28 terms
Biak megapode, Megapodius geelvinkianus, dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet, Forsten's megapode, Megapodius forstenii, Melanesian megapode, Megapodius eremita, Micronesian megapode, Megapodius laperouse, Moluccan megapode, Eulipoa wallacei, New Guinea megapode, Megapodius decollatus, Nicobar megapode, Megapodius nicobariensis, orange-footed megapode, Megapodius reinwardt, Philippine megapode, Megapodius cumingii, Polynesian megapode, Megapodius pritchardii, Sula megapode, Megapodius bernsteinii, Tanimbar megapode, Megapodius tenimberensis, Tongan megapode, Vanuatu megapode, Megapodius layardi