English Dictionary

megapode

名詞

Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.

日本語の意味

メガポデ類：卵を、腐敗した植物、太陽光、もしくは地熱の熱を利用して温めるために土中に埋める、ニワトリや七面鳥に似た鳥類。

On the remote island, a megapode carefully excavated a nesting mound to bury its eggs in the warm composting soil.

人里離れた島で、巣山を作る鳥は卵を堆積物の発酵で温まった土の中に埋めるため、慎重に巣山を掘った。

意味（1）

Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae, which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.

In precocial species, such as megapodes, the young hatch with their eyes open and are ready to leave the nest within a short period of time.

megapodes （ plural ）