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brush turkey

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noun

megapode.

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Nearby words

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Origin of brush turkey

First recorded in 1840–50
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British Dictionary definitions for brush turkey

brush turkey

noun

any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
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