English noun: megapode | |||
1. | megapode (animal) large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | ||
Synonyms | mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gallinacean, gallinaceous bird | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | Alectura lathami, brush turkey, leipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan, Macrocephalon maleo, maleo, mallee fowl | ||
Member meronym | family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae | ||