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megapode |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Megapode \Meg"a*pode\, n. [Mega- + Gr poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera {Megapodius} and {Leipoa}, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See {Jungle fowl} b under {Jungle}, and {Leipoa}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: megapode n : large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: {moundbird}, {mound builder}, {scrub fowl}]
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