mound bird
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| Noun | 1. |  mound bird - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggsgallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae - megapodes leipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl - Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds Alectura lathami, brush turkey - black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea Macrocephalon maleo, maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches |
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