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plural megapodes
Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat. quotations examples
In precocial species, such as megapodes, the young hatch with their eyes open and are ready to leave the nest within a short period of time.
2017 June 28, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian
comparative more megapode, superlative most megapode
Characteristic of the Megapodiidae. examples