megapodiidae
English Thesaurus
1. megapodes (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | bird family, |
| definition | : | a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus-megapodius, megapodius, |
| definition | : | type genus of the Megapodiidae (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl, |
| definition | : | large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus leipoa, |
| definition | : | mallee fowl (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | alectura, genus alectura, |
| definition | : | brush turkeys (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus macrocephalon, macrocephalon, |
| definition | : | maleos (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | galliformes, order galliformes, |
| definition | : | pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins (noun.animal) |
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