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Definition of Mound-bird
1. Noun. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.
Generic synonyms: Gallinacean, Gallinaceous Bird
Group relationships: Family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae
Specialized synonyms: Leipoa, Leipoa Ocellata, Lowan, Mallee Fowl, Alectura Lathami, Brush Turkey, Macrocephalon Maleo, Maleo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mound-bird
Literary usage of Mound-bird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand: From the by William Howitt (1865)
"A mound-bird's nest with large eggs.—Wretched waterless country.—Fowler's Bay.
... On the way they came to the nest of a mound-bird, ..."
2. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"MOUND BIRD, a bird belonging to the same group as the domestic fowl, whose name
refers to its ... The flesh of the mound bird is used as a table food. ..."
3. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"E, OR mound-bird FAMILY. — This Family comprises Indian and Australian birds
which are celebrated for building large mounds of vegetation and sand, ..."
4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1869)
"... OR mound-bird FAMILY. — This Family comprises Indian and Australian birds
which are celebrated for building large mounds of vegetation and sand, ..."
5. The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand: From the by William Howitt (1865)
"A mound-bird's nest with large eggs.—Wretched waterless country.—Fowler's Bay.
... On the way they came to the nest of a mound-bird, ..."
6. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"MOUND BIRD, a bird belonging to the same group as the domestic fowl, whose name
refers to its ... The flesh of the mound bird is used as a table food. ..."
7. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"E, OR mound-bird FAMILY. — This Family comprises Indian and Australian birds
which are celebrated for building large mounds of vegetation and sand, ..."
8. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1869)
"... OR mound-bird FAMILY. — This Family comprises Indian and Australian birds
which are celebrated for building large mounds of vegetation and sand, ..."
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