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mound bird
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. mound bird - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggsmegapode, mound-bird, scrub fowl, mound buildergallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birdsfamily Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae - megapodesleipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl - Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy moundsAlectura lathami, brush turkey - black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New GuineaMacrocephalon maleo, maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches |
mound bird
mound bird: see megapodemegapode
, common name for large, stout-bodied, long-tailed, terrestrial, nonmigratory birds comprising six genera in the family Megapodiidae. Members of the family have large, strong feet, hence the name megapode (from the Greek meaning "large foot").
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Synonyms for mound birdnoun large-footed short-winged birds of AustralasiaSynonyms- megapode
- mound-bird
- scrub fowl
- mound builder
Related Words- gallinacean
- gallinaceous bird
- family Megapodiidae
- Megapodiidae
- leipoa
- Leipoa ocellata
- lowan
- mallee fowl
- Alectura lathami
- brush turkey
- Macrocephalon maleo
- maleo
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