megapode

Speech parts

1. megapode - Noun

2. megapode - Adjective

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mound builder mound bird scrub fowl moundbird scrubfowl incubator bird

Hypernyms

gallinacean gallinaceous bird

Hyponyms

brush turkey leipoa maleo mallee fowl lowan Leipoa ocellata

Close letter words and terms

megaplume megapod megapodagrionid megapodid megapodiid Megapodiidae