megapode
/ˈmegəpɒd/noun
1- a large ground-dwelling Australasian and SE Asian bird that builds a large mound of debris to incubate its eggs by the heat of decomposition冢雉。亦称MOUND-BUILDER.
1.1
- Family Megapodiidae (the megapode family), which comprises the scrubfowls, brush-turkeys, malleefowl, and maleo.冢雉科, 包括冢鸟、灌丛冢雉、斑眼冢雉和大头冢雉。
词源
mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Megapodius (genus name), from MEGA- 'large' + Greek pous, pod- 'foot'.