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megapode

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Examples are the Megapode birds, which have full flight feathers and which, in some species, can fly on the same day they hatch from their eggs.

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Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

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adjective

Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

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.

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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.

See also: mound-builder, scrub-fowl, moundbird

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Examples are the Megapode birds, which have full flight feathers and which, in some species, can fly on the same day they hatch from their eggs.

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How do you use megapode in a sentence?

Examples are the Megapode birds, which have full flight feathers and which, in some species, can fly on the same day they hatch from their eggs.

What does megapode mean?

Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

What part of speech is megapode?

megapode is commonly used as adjective, noun.