Any of various brown or black gallinaceous birds of the Australasian family Megapodiidae, which have large strong feet and incubate their eggs using…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder) (20) megapode1840 Any of various brown or black gallinaceous birds of the Australasian family Megapodiidae, which have large strong feet and incubate their eggs using… mound-building bird1846 = mound builder, n. 2. mound bird1855 a megapode; cf. mound builder, n. 2. maleo1860 More fully maleo fowl. A black and white megapode bird, Macrocephalon maleo, native to Sulawesi. mound-maker1860 (a) = mound builder, n. 1; (b) = mound builder, n. 2. mound builder1869 A bird of the megapode family; esp. one that builds a large mound of debris to incubate the eggs by the heat of decomposition or of the sun. megapod1890 = megapode, n. incubator-bird1943 = megapode, n. Subcategories:— mound made by (1) — megapodius or scrub-fowl (3) — leipoa ocellata (mallee fowl) (5) — alectura lathami (scrub-turkey) (1) — talegalla or brush-turkey (2) |
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