As nouns the difference between terms and megapode
is that terms is while 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.
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megapode
English
Noun
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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
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en adjective)
Characteristic of the Megapodiidae
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