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Categories: Taxa named by René Lesson, Articles with short description, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Megapodiidae

megapode mound bird mound-bird mound builder scrub fowl

Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs WordNet 3.0

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Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

The megapodes, also known as incubator birds or mound-builders, are stocky, medium-large, chicken-like birds with small heads and large feet in the family Megapodiidae. Wikipedia

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. Wiktionary

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