Synonyms for megapode

Most common

mound bird · mound builder · scrub fowl · brush-turkey

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   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.

Forms

Plural

megapodes → brush-turkeys…

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.