Megapode

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun 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.

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megapode
n. scientific name for a genus of Australian birds with large feet – – the Mound-birds (q.v.). From...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris