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Megapode vs Maleo - What's the difference?

megapode | maleo |

As a noun megapode

is 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.

As an adjective megapode

is characteristic of the megapodiidae.

As a proper noun maleo is

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megapode

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

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

    Derived terms

    * Biak megapode, Megapodius geelvinkianus * dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet * Forsten's megapode, Megapodius forstenii * Melanesian megapode, Megapodius eremita * Micronesian megapode , Megapodius laperouse * Moluccan megapode, Eulipoa wallacei * New Guinea megapode, Megapodius decollatus * Nicobar megapode, Megapodius nicobariensis * orange-footed megapode, Megapodius reinwardt * Philippine megapode, Megapodius cumingii * Polynesian megapode, Megapodius pritchardii * Sula megapode, Megapodius bernsteinii * Tanimbar megapode, Megapodius tenimberensis * Tongan megapode * Vanuatu megapode, Megapodius layardi

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characteristic of the Megapodiidae
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    maleo

    English

    (wikipedia maleo) (Macrocephalon malea)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Macrocephalon maleo , a species of turkey-like bird in the megapode family, endemic to Sulawesi.

    • Anagrams

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