scrub fowl

Noun

1.

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

Alectura lathami, brush turkey, family Megapodiidae, gallinacean, gallinaceous bird, leipoa, Leipoa ocellata, lowan, Macrocephalon maleo, maleo, mallee fowl, megapode, Megapodiidae, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird