🔄 Synonyms of "Megapode"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| mound buildernoun | A member of any of several Native American peoples who constructed large mounds for ceremonial or burial purposes. |
| scrub fowlnoun | large-footed short-winged birds of australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs |
| moundbirdnoun | megapode |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| moundbirdnoun | megapode |
| mound buildernoun | A member of any of several Native American peoples who constructed large mounds for ceremonial or burial purposes. |
| scrub fowlnoun | large-footed short-winged birds of australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs |
| megapodidnoun | (zoology) Any bird in the family Megapodiidae; a megapode or mound builder. |
| mound birdnoun | Alternative form of moundbird. [megapode] |
| tabonnoun | The bird Megapodius cumingii, the Philippine megapode. |
| mallee fowlnoun | An Australian ground-dwelling bird, Leipoa ocellata, in the megapode family. |
| megapodagrionidnoun | (zoology) Any damselfly in the family Megapodagrionidae; a flatwing. |
| groundpeckernoun | A species of bird in the tit family Paridae, Pseudopodoces humilis. |
| podargusnoun | Any of the birds of the genus Podargus in the frogmouth family. |
| podicipedidnoun | (zoology) Any bird in the family Podicipedidae; a grebe. |
| antbed parrotnoun | (Australia) Any parrot of the genus Psephotus (or Psephotellus) that dig nestholes in termite mounds. |
| podargidnoun | (zoology) Any bird in the family Podargidae; a frogmouth. |
| broody | Of birds: sitting persistently and protectively on a nest, in order to hatch eggs. |
| paracopridnoun | Any dung beetle that excavates below a pile of dung |
| scrubfowlnoun | A bird of the genus Megapodius; stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet. |
| brood patchnoun | A patch of featherless skin that is visible on the underside of birds during the nesting season, helping them to transfer heat to their eggs when incubating. |
| lagopodenoun | A ptarmigan. |
| wood pigeonnoun | The common wood pigeon, an Old World species of pigeon, Columba palumbus. |
| brush-turkeynoun | Any of several species of large birds, found in Australia and New Guinea, in the megapode (turkey-like) family Megapodiidae. |
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