megapodiidae
Noun
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Megapodes (synset 101803400)
is a type of: bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsmember holonym:
- genus-megapodius, megapodius - type genus of the Megapodiidae
- megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
- genus leipoa - mallee fowl
- alectura, genus alectura - brush turkeys
- genus macrocephalon, macrocephalon - maleos
belongs to: galliformes, order galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzinssame as: family megapodiidae
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