megapode
megapode noun: 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.
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Noun
megapode (plural megapodes)
- 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.
- In precocial species, such as megapodes, the young hatch with their eyes open and are ready to leave the nest within a short period of time.2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian
- Synonyms:
- brush-turkey, incubator bird, moundbird, mound-builder, scrubfowl
Adjective
megapode (comparative more megapode, superlative most megapode)
- Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.
megapode meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Indonesian
megapode in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
megapode in Tagalog
- bird
- tabon
megapode in Indonesian
- bird
- gosong
Synonyms of megapode
- brush-turkey
- incubator bird
- moundbird
- mound-builder
- scrubfowl
Forms of megapode
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | megapodes |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more megapode |
| superlative | most megapode |
Origin of megapode
From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).
Words formed from megapode
- 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
Questions about megapode
- What does megapode mean?
- Megapode means 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.
- What is megapode in Tamil?
- Megapode in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும். See Megapode meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is megapode?
- Megapode can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of megapode?
- The plural of megapode is megapodes.
Words near megapode in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: megapode (page history and authors); megapode (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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