Definition of Megapodiidae

1. Noun. Megapodes.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Megapodiidae

Megachiroptera
Megaderma
Megaderma lyra
Megadermatidae
Megaera
Megalesian
Megalobatrachus
Megalobatrachus maximus
Megalonychidae
Megalopoli
Megalopolis
Megaloptera
Megalosauridae
Megan
Meganesia
Megapodiidae (current term)
Megapodius
Megaptera
Megaptera novaeangliae
Megara
Megarian
Megarians
Megaric
Megarics
Megatheriidae
Megaw
Meggan
Meggie
Meghalaya
Meghan

Literary usage of Megapodiidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... a light stone-colour, thickly freckled and blotched with brown and grey. Fain. IV. Megapodiidae.—The Megapodes, or Mound-builders, commence the section ..."

2. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"Birds of the family Megapodiidae, the mound-birds and jungle fowls. Mendel, Gregor (men' del). Austrian monk and plant breeder, founder of modern movement ..."

3. Australasia by Henry Rees (1907)
"... of which two species are found, one in southern Queensland and New South Wales and the other iu western Australia. The Megapodiidae. ..."

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