brush turkey

/ˌbrʌʃ ˈtʌrki/
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Other forms: brush turkeys

Definitions of brush turkey
  1. noun
    black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
    synonyms: Alectura lathami
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    type of:
    megapode, mound bird, mound builder, mound-bird, scrub fowl
    large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
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