megapode

Etymology
From, after scientific Latin (genus name).

Noun

 * 1) Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.

Synonyms

 * brush-turkey
 * incubator bird
 * moundbird
 * mound-builder
 * scrubfowl

Derived terms

 * Biak megapode,
 * dusky megapode
 * Forsten's megapode,
 * Melanesian megapode,
 * Micronesian megapode,
 * Moluccan megapode,
 * New Guinea megapode,
 * Nicobar megapode,
 * orange-footed megapode,
 * Philippine megapode,
 * Polynesian megapode,
 * Sula megapode,
 * Tanimbar megapode,
 * Tongan megapode
 * Vanuatu megapode,

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 塚雉
 * Finnish: isojalkakana
 * French:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: megapodio
 * Japanese:, 塚作り
 * Spanish: megápodo
 * Tagalog: tabon

Adjective

 * 1) Characteristic of the.

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) megapod,