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noun

mound bird, moundbird n. (Zool.) Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker, megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.

Synonyms: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.

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Words linked to "Mound bird" : mallee fowl, gallinaceous bird, Macrocephalon maleo, mound builder, leipoa, lowan, family Megapodiidae, megapode, maleo, mound-bird, brush turkey, scrub fowl, Megapodiidae