Found 2 items, similar to scrub fowl.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scrub fowl scrub fowl n : large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder]
English → English (gcide) Definition: scrub fowl 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] 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 scrub fowl. Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey. [WordNet 1.5]