noun
large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
• Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound-bird, ↑scrub fowl
• Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean
• Hyponyms:
↑mallee fowl, ↑leipoa, ↑lowan, ↑Leipoa ocellata, ↑brush turkey, ↑Alectura lathami, ↑maleo, ↑Macrocephalon maleo
• Member Holonyms: ↑Megapodiidae, ↑family Megapodiidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.