noun
large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
• Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder, ↑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
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moundˈ-bird noun
The megapode, a bird of the Australian family Megapodidae, gallinaceous birds that build large mounds as incubators
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Main Entry: ↑mound
Useful english dictionary. 2012.