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Mound builder

noun

Prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds.

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

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Words linked to "Mound builder" : primitive person, leipoa, Alectura lathami, gallinaceous bird, maleo, family Megapodiidae, Leipoa ocellata, Macrocephalon maleo, primitive, mallee fowl, megapode, gallinacean, brush turkey, Megapodiidae, lowan, mound bird