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单词 megapode
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
meg•a•pode  (megə pōd′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsany of several large-footed, short-winged gallinaceous Australasian birds of the family Megapodiidae, typically building a compostlike mound of decaying vegetation as an incubator for their eggs. Also called brush turkey, moundbird, mound builder, scrub fowl. 
  • Neo-Latin Megapodius genus name. See mega-, -pod
  • 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
megapode /ˈmɛɡəˌpəʊd/ n
  1. any ground-living gallinaceous bird of the family Megapodiidae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands. Their eggs incubate in mounds of sand, rotting vegetation, etc, by natural heat
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