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- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Galliformes — themegapodes .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Australian brush turkey is a megapode in the family Megapodiidae.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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New species and records of birds (Aves: Megapodiidae, Columbidae) from an archaeological site on Lifuka, Tonga (South Pacific Ocean).
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Megapodes (family Megapodiidae) include some of the world's most interesting birds.
5 Chicken 1991
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Family Common Name Species Megapodiidae Red-billed brush-turkey Talegalla cuvieri Loriidae Striated lorikeet Charmosyna multistriata Alcedinidae Little paradise-kingfisher Tanysiptera hydrocharis Meliphagidae Spot-breasted meliphaga Meliphaga mimikae Paradisaeidae Greater bird-of-paradise Paradisaea apoda An asterisk signifies that the species 'range is limited to this ecoregion.
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