Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Megapode \Meg"a*pode\, n. [Mega- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot.]
   (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
   birds of the genera {Megapodius} and {Leipoa}, inhabiting
   Australia and other Pacific islands. See {Jungle fowl}
   (b) under {Jungle}, and {Leipoa}.

Source : WordNet®

megapode
     n : large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds
         of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: {mound bird},
          {mound-bird}, {mound builder}, {scrub fowl}]