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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

moundbird

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01 n. Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also mou…
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    Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker, megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.(Zool.) Also: mound builder, mound maker, megapode, brush turkey, scrub fowl