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Word: megapode (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Characteristic of the Megapodiidae

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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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