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megapodes

megapodes is the plural of megapode.

Meaning of megapode

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.
    • 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

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Questions about megapodes

What is megapodes the plural of?
Megapodes is the plural of megapode.

Words near megapodes in the dictionary

  1. megaplumes
  2. megapod
  3. megapodagrionid
  4. megapodagrionids
  5. megapode
  6. megapodes
  7. megapodid
  8. megapodids
  9. megapodiid
  10. megapodiids
  11. megapods

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