1. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
   "The megapode's unique nesting behaviour fascinated the ornithologists";
   - mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl

Derived forms: megapodes

Type of: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird

Part of: family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae

Encyclopedia: Megapode