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megapode en · ADJ

Etymology

From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).

Meanings

1. Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

Forms

megapode en · NOUN

Etymology

From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).

Meanings

1. 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:

Forms

Deriveds

Micronesian megapode · Biak megapode · New Guinea megapode · Sula megapode · Megapodius tenimberensis · Tongan megapode · Philippine megapode · orange-footed megapode · Megapodius geelvinkianus · Megapodius forstenii · Vanuatu megapode · Tanimbar megapode · Polynesian megapode · Forsten's megapode · Nicobar megapode · Megapodius layardi · Moluccan megapode · Eulipoa wallacei · dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet · Melanesian megapode · Megapodius pritchardii · Megapodius eremita · Megapodius cumingii · Megapodius decollatus · Megapodius bernsteinii · Megapodius nicobariensis · Megapodius reinwardt · Megapodius laperouse

Synonyms

moundbird · incubator bird · scrubfowl · brush-turkey · mound-builder

Translations (9)

ja ツカツクリ (bird) · fi isojalkakana (bird) · id gosong (bird) · fr mégapode (bird) · es megápodo (bird) · ja 塚作り (bird) · cmn 塚雉 /冢雉 (bird) · it megapodio (bird) · tl tabon (bird)