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 Meg·a·pode n.  Zool. Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands.  Called also mound builder, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey.  See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
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 megapode
      n : large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds
          of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: mound bird,
           mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl]