Hypertext Webster Gateway: "megapode"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Megapode \Meg"a*pode\, n. [Mega- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot.]
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
birds of the genera {Megapodius} and {Leipoa}, inhabiting
Australia and other Pacific islands. See {Jungle fowl}
(b) under {Jungle}, and {Leipoa}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
megapode
n : large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds
of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: {moundbird},
{mound builder}, {scrub fowl}]
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