Found 2 items, similar to Megapode.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: megapode megapode 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Megapode Megapode \Meg"a*pode\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also mound builder , scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa. [1913 Webster]