brush turkey

British

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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The birds look like turkeys, and one of the species is called the "brush turkey," but they are no bigger than an ordinary chicken—than a rather small chicken, in fact.

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They based their paper on the observation of day-old Australian brush turkey chicks.

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The brush turkey of Australia is strange in that it does not take its family duties at all seriously.

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The brush turkey scratches together a huge mound of sticks and leaves, four feet by ten or twelve wide at the base.

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We then rode up to the camp, and found their dinner ready, consisting of two eggs of the brush turkey, roasted opossums, bandicoots, and iguanas.

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