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Scrubfowl vs Megapode - What's the difference?

scrubfowl | megapode | Synonyms |

Scrubfowl is a synonym of megapode.


As nouns the difference between scrubfowl and megapode

is that scrubfowl is a megapode 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.

scrubfowl

English

(wikipedia scrubfowl)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A megapode.

    • 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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