Mound Builder (Noun)

Meaning ¹

Prehistoric Amerindians who built altar mounds.

Classification

Nouns denoting people.

Hypernyms

• Primitive Person

Meaning ²

Large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs.

Classification

Nouns denoting animals.

Synonyms

• Mound-bird
• Mound Bird
• Megapode
• Scrub Fowl

Hypernyms

• Gallinaceous Bird
• Gallinacean

Hyponyms

• Leipoa
• Brush Turkey
• Alectura Lathami
• Lowan
• Macrocephalon Maleo
• Maleo
• Mallee Fowl