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megapode
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[ˈmɛɡəpəʊd], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a large ground-dwelling Australasian and Southeast Asian bird that builds a large mound of debris to incubate its eggs by the heat of decomposition
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Origin
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mid 19th century: from modern Latin Megapodius (genus name), from mega- ‘large’ + Greek pous, pod- ‘foot’
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