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megapode, megapod Ornith.|ˈmɛgapəʊd, -pɒd|
[ad. mod.L. Megapodius, f. Gr. µέγα-ς great + ποδ-, πούς foot.]
Any bird of the genus Megapodius or of the family Megapodiidæ, a mound-bird or mound-builder, native of Australia and the Malay Archipelago. Also attrib.
1857Carpenter's Zool. I. 484 The family of Megapodidæ, or Megapodes, is peculiar to Australia and the adjacent islands. 1880A. R. Wallace Isl. Life i. 4 The strange mound-building megapodes. 1900Edin. Rev. Apr. 500 The remarkable Megapode birds.
Hence meˈgapodan, (a) adj. of or belonging to the megapodes; (b) n. a megapode (Cent. Dict. 1890). |