mound builder

/maʊnd ˌbɪldər/

Other forms: mound builders

Definitions of mound builder

1. noun

   large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
   synonyms: megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, scrub fowl

   types:

   Leipoa ocellata, leipoa, lowan, mallee fowl

   Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds

   Alectura lathami, brush turkey

   black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea

   Macrocephalon maleo, maleo

   Celebes megapode that lays eggs in holes in sandy beaches

   mallee hen

   adult female mallee fowl

   type of:

   gallinacean, gallinaceous bird

   heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds