megapode
See also: mégapode
English
Etymology
From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).
Noun
megapode (plural megapodes)
- Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat. [from 19th c.]
- 2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian[1]:
- In precocial species, such as megapodes, the young hatch with their eyes open and are ready to leave the nest within a short period of time.
Synonyms
- brush-turkey
- incubator bird
- moundbird
- mound-builder
- scrubfowl
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Biak megapode, Megapodius geelvinkianus
- dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet
- Forsten's megapode, Megapodius forstenii
- Melanesian megapode, Megapodius eremita
- Micronesian megapode, Megapodius laperouse
- Moluccan megapode, Eulipoa wallacei
- New Guinea megapode, Megapodius decollatus
- Nicobar megapode, Megapodius nicobariensis
- orange-footed megapode, Megapodius reinwardt
- Philippine megapode, Megapodius cumingii
- Polynesian megapode, Megapodius pritchardii
- Sula megapode, Megapodius bernsteinii
- Tanimbar megapode, Megapodius tenimberensis
- Tongan megapode
- Vanuatu megapode, Megapodius layardi
Translations
bird
Adjective
megapode (comparative more megapode, superlative most megapode)
- Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
Italian
Etymology
Noun
megapode m (plural megapodi)