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Aptly named heavy-footed bird
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megapode
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The megapodes , also known as incubator birds or mound-builders , are stocky, medium-large chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae . Their name literally means "large foot" ( Greek : mega = large, poda = foot), and ...
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Word definitions in WordNet
n. large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: mound bird , mound-bird , mound builder , scrub fowl ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
moundbird \moundbird\, mound bird \mound bird\n. (Zo["o]l.) Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also mound builder , mound maker , megapode , brush turkey , and ...
Usage examples of megapode.
It's a very neat and sexy program with all sorts of pop-up menus and things, and the advantage of doing it the way I have is that on any future occasion on which I need to know the volume of a megapode nest, given its basic dimensions, my computer will give me the answer in less than a second, which is a wonderful saving of time.
The downside, I suppose, is that I cannot conceive of any future occasion that I am likely to need to know the volume of a megapode nest, but no matter: the volume of this mound is a little over nine cubic yards.
By judicious additions or subtractions of material from the mound the megapode is able to keep it at the precise temperature which the eggs require in order to incubate properly.