brush turkey

noun

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

Example Sentences

Once he was savagely pecked by an angry brush-turkey and forced to defend himself.

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The lowan (Mallee hen, they're mostly called) and talegalla (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners.

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The first compartment contains two of the rarities of the gardens—the satin bower-bird and the Tallagulla or brush-turkey.

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But 201 how all this pales before the accomplishment of a young brush turkey or moundbuilder of the antipodes.

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Now the megapode of the Solomons is a distant cousin to the brush turkey of Australia.

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