Megapodiidae
plural noun
Mega·po·di·idae
: a family of gallinaceous birds inhabiting Australia and neighboring islands north and east to the Philippines and Ladrones and known for their habit of heaping up a mass of vegetable debris in which their eggs are laid and hatched compare brush turkey, leipoa, maleo
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Megapodius, type genus + -idae