Contextualizebeta

megapode

noun

Etymology

From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).

  1. derived from Megapodius

Definitions

  1. Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate…

    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.

    • In precocial species, such as megapodes, the young hatch with their eyes open and are ready to leave the nest within a short period of time.

  2. Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for megapode. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA