Definisjon av megapode

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Noun

megapode - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl
gallinacean, gallinaceous bird heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
family megapodiidae, megapodiidae megapodes
leipoa, leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
alectura lathami, brush turkey black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
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Substantiv

megapode - 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.

Adjektiv

megapode - Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

Substantiv

  • Entall: megapode
  • Flertall: megapodes

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