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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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