mound builder

Mound builder — may refer to: Mound builder (people), Native American people who built mounds Moundbuilders (Southwestern College), school mascot Megapode, also known as incubator birds or mound builders Mound building termites, a group of termite species that… …   Wikipedia

mound builder — moundbird moundbird, mound bird mound bird . (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

mound builder — Megapode Meg a*pode (m[e^]g [.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega + Gr. poy s, podo s, foot.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera {Megapodius} and {Leipoa}, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Mound Builder — noun Date: 1838 a member of a prehistoric American Indian people whose extensive earthworks are found from the Great Lakes down the Mississippi River valley to the Gulf of Mexico …   New Collegiate Dictionary

mound builder — megapode. [1835 45] * * * …   Universalium

mound-builders — * * * ● mound builders nom masculin pluriel (anglais mound, mont, et builder, constructeur) Populations préhistoriques de l est des États Unis connues par leurs burial mounds (tumulus) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

Mound builder (people) — For other uses, see Mound builder (disambiguation). Monks Mound, located at the Cahokia Mounds UNESCO World Heritage Site near Collinsville, Illinois, is the largest Pre Columbian earthwork in America north of Mesoamerica …   Wikipedia

Mound-building termites — For other uses of the term mound builder , see Mound Builder (disambiguation). A mound in Australia …   Wikipedia

mound bird — moundbird moundbird, mound bird mound bird . (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

mound maker — moundbird moundbird, mound bird mound bird . (Zo[ o]l.) 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English