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mound builder
Mound Buildern.1. Any of various distinct Native American cultures flourishing from around the 5th century bc to the 16th century ad especially in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, practicing settled agriculture and known for their often large burial, temple, or effigy mounds.2. A member of a people associated with any of these cultures.
mound buildern. See megapode.Mound Builder n 1. (Archaeology) a member of a group of prehistoric inhabitants of the Mississippi region who built altar-mounds, tumuli, etc 2. (Peoples) a member of a group of prehistoric inhabitants of the Mississippi region who built altar-mounds, tumuli, etc Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Mound Builder - prehistoric Amerindians who built altar moundsprimitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization | | 2. |  mound builder - large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggsmegapode, mound bird, mound-bird, scrub fowlgallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birdsfamily Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae - megapodesleipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan, mallee fowl - Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy moundsAlectura lathami, brush turkey - black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New GuineaMacrocephalon maleo, maleo - Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches |
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Words related to Mound Buildernoun prehistoric Amerindians who built altar moundsRelated Words- primitive
- primitive person
noun large-footed short-winged birds of AustralasiaSynonyms- megapode
- mound bird
- mound-bird
- scrub fowl
Related Words- gallinacean
- gallinaceous bird
- family Megapodiidae
- Megapodiidae
- leipoa
- Leipoa ocellata
- lowan
- mallee fowl
- Alectura lathami
- brush turkey
- Macrocephalon maleo
- maleo
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