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