megapode

== English == === Etymology === From mega- +‎ -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name). === Noun === megapode (plural megapodes) 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. [from 19th c.] ==== Synonyms ==== brush-turkey incubator bird moundbird mound-builder scrubfowl ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === megapode (comparative more megapode, superlative most megapode) Characteristic of the Megapodiidae. == Italian == === Etymology === From mega- +‎ -pode. === Noun === megapode m (plural megapodi) megapod, megapode Synonym: megapodio