1. Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
   - megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, scrub fowl

1. Prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds

Derived forms: mound builders, Mound Builders

Type of: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird, primitive, primitive person

Part of: family Megapodiidae, Megapodiidae

Encyclopedia: Mound Builder

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