2. Adjective. megapode ¹
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Definition of Megapod
1. megapode [n -S] - See also: megapode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Megapod
Literary usage of Megapod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"This fern occasionally grew to я very considerable size, having scars three inches
wide. megapod (meg'a-Dod), a. and n. ... Same as megapod. II. ». ..."
2. Composition-rhetoric by Fred Newton Scott (1898)
"It is well known that the Australian megapod is a bird that is ... Each megapod
builds its own nest with materials which it gathers from all sides, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1898)
"... n. a cigarette, surka, n. the scrub turkey (megapodius) (wild fowl); surka
pada, the mound of the megapod. Burial, ». the pairing of the turtle. ..."
4. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (1904)
"He has not secured an owl nor a megapod, both interesting birds occurring on the
northern islands, nor has he specimens of the pelagic fishes of this region ..."