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Definition of Megapodius
1. Noun. Type genus of the Megapodiidae.
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megapodius
Literary usage of Megapodius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook to the Birds of Australia by John Gould (1865)
"Genus Megapodius, Quay et Gaimard. The members of this genus inhabit many of ...
The discovery of a species of Megapodius in Australia is no more than might ..."
2. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1867)
"1866. a. Sula. From Mr. Frank's Collection. 11. Megapodius CUMINGII. ...
Megapodius rubripes, GR Gray, List of Gallina BM p.. c. Manilla, young. ..."
3. The Universe: Or, The Infinitely Great and the Infinitely Little by Félix-Archimède Pouchet (1884)
"Not at the Mound-building Megapodius, vertical section.— From Ooold. circumference
of a hundred ... Not of the Mound-building Megapodius, Man from above. ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1837)
"Megapodius would thus belong to a small natural group, ... Megapodius. Bill slender,
straight, as wide as it is high, and flattened above at the base; ..."
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