"megapode" meaning in English

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Adjective

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

Noun

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 (Chinese Mandarin), 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: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with mega-, English terms suffixed with -pode Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mega-: 32 68 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -pode: 34 66 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

Inflected forms

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