Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. See megapode.
WordNet 3.0
- n. large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
Examples
“The scratching of a scrub fowl among decayed leaves is heard in the jungle at an extraordinary distance, and a splash or ripple far out on the edge of the reef tells him that a shark or kingfish is driving the mullet into the lagoon, where he may easily spear them.”
“The cackle and call of the scrub fowl (MEGAPODIUS DUPERREYS) are nocturnal as well as sounds of the day, being repeated at intervals all through the night.”
“The channel-billed cuckoo shrieks her discordant warning of the approaching wet season; and the scrub fowl utters those far-off imitations of the exclamation of civilised hens.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘scrub fowl’.
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Creatures Of My Town
Animals and birds I actually encounter physically or see up close around where I live in Australia.
whistling kite, green tree frog, gould's monitor, stick insect, fruit bat, topknot pigeon, scrub fowl, gecko, black kite, whimbrel, white-bellied cuc..., cane toad and 35 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for scrub fowl.
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