megapode

Other forms of megapode

plural

megapodes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about megapode

What does megapode mean?

megapode means "large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs".

How many syllables are in megapode?

megapode has 3 syllables: me-ga-pode. The stress falls on "me".

What is another word for megapode?

Close synonyms include mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is megapode a common word?

megapode is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.