megapode
megapode · megapodes
Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which…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.
Значення
значень: 1Any 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.
large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
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From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).
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множина: megapodesСиноніми
синонімів: 9brush-turkeymoundbirdscrubfowlincubator birdmound-builder
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- large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs:mound birdmound-birdmound builderscrub fowl