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meg•a•pode
Pronunciation: (meg'u-pōd"), [key]—
n.
any of several large-footed, short-winged gallinaceous Australasian birds of the family Megapodiidae, typically building a compostlike mound of decaying vegetation as an incubator for their eggs. Also called
brush turkey, moundbird, mound builder, scrub fowl. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.