Megapode

Full definition of megapode

Noun

1. Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.

Synonyms

• brush-turkey
• incubator bird
• moundbird
• mound-builder
• scrubfowl

Derived terms

• Biak megapode, Megapodius geelvinkianus
• dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet
• Forsten's megapode, Megapodius forstenii
• Melanesian megapode, Megapodius eremita
• Micronesian megapode , Megapodius laperouse
• Moluccan megapode, Eulipoa wallacei
• New Guinea megapode, Megapodius decollatus
• Nicobar megapode, Megapodius nicobariensis
• orange-footed megapode, Megapodius reinwardt
• Philippine megapode, Megapodius cumingii
• Polynesian megapode, Megapodius pritchardii
• Sula megapode, Megapodius bernsteinii
• Tanimbar megapode, Megapodius tenimberensis
• Tongan megapode
• Vanuatu megapode, Megapodius layardi

Adjective

1. Characteristic of the Megapodiidae----