英语词汇“megapode”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

megapode

/ˈmɛɡəpəʊd

noun

A large ground-dwelling Australasian and SE Asian bird that builds a large mound of debris to incubate its eggs by the heat of decomposition.

Family Megapodiidae (the megapode family), which comprises the scrubfowls, brush-turkeys, malleefowl, and maleo.

Instead of using body heat to directly incubate eggs, megapodes passively incubate eggs....

What sets megapodes apart from these game birds is their extraordinary breeding behavior.
Then there's the curious megapode, a big-footed bird that is built like a chicken and emits a cry they say sounds just like a cat's.

Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Megapodius (genus name), from mega- 'large' + Greek pous, pod- 'foot'.

单词	megapode
释义	megapode /ˈmɛɡəpəʊd / noun A large ground-dwelling Australasian and SE Asian bird that builds a large mound of debris to incubate its eggs by the heat of decomposition. Family Megapodiidae (the megapode family), which comprises the scrubfowls, brush-turkeys, malleefowl, and maleo. Instead of using body heat to directly incubate eggs, megapodes passively incubate eggs.... What sets megapodes apart from these game birds is their extraordinary breeding behavior. Then there's the curious megapode, a big-footed bird that is built like a chicken and emits a cry they say sounds just like a cat's. Origin Mid 19th century: from modern Latin Megapodius (genus name), from mega- 'large' + Greek pous, pod- 'foot'.
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