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megapode

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
megapode
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

adj

Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

megapodes (plural) more megapode (comparative) most megapode (superlative)

Phrases

Biak megapode Megapodius geelvinkianus dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet Forsten's megapode Megapodius forstenii Melanesian megapode Megapodius eremita Micronesian megapode

Synonyms

brush-turkey incubator bird moundbird mound-builder scrubfowl mound bird mound-bird mound builder scrub fowl

Questions

What does megapode mean?
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.
Where does megapode come from?
From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).

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