mound bird

Noun

Meaning

large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

mound-bird

Synonyms

megapode mound builder mound bird scrub fowl

Hypernyms

gallinacean gallinaceous bird

Hyponyms

brush turkey leipoa maleo mallee fowl lowan Leipoa ocellata

Close letter words and terms

Mounce mounch mound mound builder Mound City mound over