mound builder

Noun

Meaning

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

prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

mound-builder

Synonyms

megapode mound bird scrub fowl

Hypernyms

primitive gallinacean primitive person gallinaceous bird

Hyponyms

brush turkey leipoa maleo mallee fowl lowan Leipoa ocellata

Close letter words and terms

mounch mound mound bird Mound City mound over mound royal