"megapode" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more megapode [comparative], most megapode [superlative]
Etymology: From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mega|pode}} mega- + -pode, {{taxfmt|Megapodius|genus}} Megapodius Head templates: {{en-adj}} megapode (comparative more megapode, superlative most megapode)
  1. Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
    Sense id: en-megapode-en-adj-Xs5tAi6p Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55

Noun [English]

Forms: megapodes [plural]
Etymology: From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name). Etymology templates: {{confix|en|mega|pode}} mega- + -pode, {{taxfmt|Megapodius|genus}} Megapodius Head templates: {{en-noun}} megapode (plural megapodes)
  1. 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. Categories (lifeform): Fowls Synonyms: brush-turkey, incubator bird, moundbird, mound-builder, scrubfowl Translations (bird): 塚雉 /冢雉 (zhǒngzhì) (Chinese Mandarin), isojalkakana (Finnish), mégapode [masculine] (French), gosong (Indonesian), megapodio [masculine] (Italian), ツカツクリ (tsuka-tsukuri) (alt: つかつくり) (Japanese), 塚作り (tsuka-tsukuri) (alt: つかつくり) (Japanese), megápodo [masculine] (Spanish), tabon (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-megapode-en-noun-aFR6Ofde Disambiguation of Fowls: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with mega-, English terms suffixed with -pode, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -pode: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 45 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 39 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 39 61 Derived forms: 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

Noun [Italian]

Forms: megapodi [plural]
Etymology: From mega- + -pode. Etymology templates: {{confix|it|mega|pode}} mega- + -pode Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} megapode m (plural megapodi)
  1. megapod, megapode Tags: masculine Synonyms: megapodio

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      "expansion": "mega- + -pode",
      "name": "confix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Megapodius",
        "2": "genus"
      },
      "expansion": "Megapodius",
      "name": "taxfmt"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more megapode",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most megapode",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "megapode (comparative more megapode, superlative most megapode)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Characteristic of the Megapodiidae."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Megapodiidae",
          "Megapodiidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "megapode"
  ],
  "word": "megapode"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "mega",
        "3": "pode"
      },
      "expansion": "mega- + -pode",
      "name": "confix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From mega- + -pode.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "megapodi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "megapode m (plural megapodi)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Italian countable nouns",
        "Italian entries with incorrect language header",
        "Italian lemmas",
        "Italian masculine nouns",
        "Italian nouns",
        "Italian terms prefixed with mega-",
        "Italian terms suffixed with -pode",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "megapod, megapode"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "megapod",
          "megapod"
        ],
        [
          "megapode",
          "megapode#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "megapodio"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "megapode"
}

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