Webster's 1913 Dictionary
MEGAPODE
Meg "a *pode, n. Etym: [Mega- + Gr. poy `s, podo `s, foot. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b ) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
New American Oxford Dictionary
megapode
meg a pode |ˈmegəˌpōd ˈmɛɡəpoʊd | ▶noun a large ground-dwelling Australasian and Southeast Asian bird that builds a large mound of debris to incubate its eggs by the heat of decomposition. Also called mound builder. [Family Megapodiidae (the megapode family ), which includes the brush turkeys and mallee fowl. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Megapodius (genus name ), from mega- ‘large ’ + Greek pous, pod- ‘foot. ’
Oxford Dictionary
megapode
megapode |ˈmɛgəpəʊd | ▶noun a large ground-dwelling Australasian and SE Asian bird that builds a large mound of debris to incubate its eggs by the heat of decomposition. ●Family Megapodiidae (the megapode family ), which comprises the scrubfowls, brush-turkeys, malleefowl, and maleo. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Megapodius (genus name ), from mega- ‘large ’ + Greek pous, pod- ‘foot ’.
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