megapode

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Definitions

noun

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.

adjective

Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

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Synonyms

brush-turkey incubator bird mound-builder moundbird scrubfowl mound builder scrub fowl megapodid mound bird tabon mallee fowl megapodagrionid groundpecker podargus podicipedid antbed parrot podargid broody

Associated

micronesian tonga pigeon nesting endemic nests bird fiji mound subspecies eggs extinct

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