mound_builder | ||
1. | [ noun ] (anthropology,sociology) prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds | |
Related terms: | primitive | |
2. | [ noun ] (zoology,game bird) large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs | |
Synonyms: | moundbird scrub_fowl mound-bird mound_bird megapode | |
Related terms: | gallinaceous_bird brush_turkey mallee_fowl maleo Megapodiidae | |
Similar spelling: |
mound_bird mound_over mount_fuji |