- Megapodiidae
- nounmegapodes• Syn: ↑family Megapodiidae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Galliformes, ↑order Galliformes• Member Meronyms:↑Megapodius, ↑genus-Megapodius, ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound-bird, ↑mound builder, ↑scrub fowl, ↑genus Leipoa, ↑Alectura, ↑genus Alectura, ↑Macrocephalon, ↑genus Macrocephalon
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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷pəˈdīəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized: a family of gallinaceous birds inhabiting Australia and neighboring islands north and east to the Philippines and Ladrones and known for their habit of heaping up a mass of vegetable debris in which their eggs are laid and hatched — compare brush turkey, leipoa, maleo
Useful english dictionary. 2012.