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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Meg·a·pode n.  Zool. Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands.  Called also mound builder, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey.  See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Mound Builder
      n 1: prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
      2: large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds
         of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: megapode,
         mound bird, mound-bird, scrub fowl]