'Mound Builder' definitions:
Definition of 'Mound Builder'
(from WordNet)
noun
Prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds
noun
Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs [syn: megapode, mound bird, mound-bird, mound builder, scrub fowl]
Definition of 'mound builder'
From: GCIDE
- Megapode \Meg"a*pode\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega- + Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.) Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also {mound builder}, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'mound builder'
From: GCIDE
- moundbird \moundbird\, mound bird \mound bird\n. (Zool.) Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker, megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.
- Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey. [WordNet 1.5]