megapode

megapode

See also: mégapode

English

Etymology

From mega- +‎ -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).

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. [from 19th c.]
   • 2017, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 28 June:

     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.

Synonyms

• brush-turkey
• incubator bird
• moundbird
• mound-builder
• scrubfowl

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 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

Translations

bird

Chinese: Mandarin: 塚雉／冢雉 (zhǒngzhì) Finnish: isojalkakana French: mégapode (fr) m Indonesian: gosong (id) Italian: megapodio m Spanish: megápodo m Tagalog: tabon

Adjective

megapode (comparative more megapode, superlative most megapode)

1. Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

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Italian

Etymology

From mega- +‎ -pode.

Noun

megapode m (plural megapodi)

1. megapod, megapode

   Synonym: megapodio