megapode

n. [鸟]■雉

词形变化

megapodes 复数 megapodes more megapode 比较级 most megapode 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

    冢雉

adj.
  1. 1.

    Characteristic of the Megapodiidae.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

moundbird moundbuilder scrubfowl

上位词 1

gallinacean

下位词 5

brush-turkey leipoa lowan maleo mallee fowl

词源

From mega- + -pode, after scientific Latin Megapodius (genus name).

来源：wiktionary