Meanings
plural brush-turkeys · alternative brush turkey · alternative brushturkey
- Any of several species of large birds, found in Australia and New Guinea, in the megapode (turkey-like) family Megapodiidae.
We may also, I think, see in the peculiar organization of the entire family of the Megapodidæ or Brush Turkeys, a reason why they depart so widely from the usual habits of the Class of birds.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 418Synonyms: bush turkey, scrub turkey
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several species of large birds, found in Australia and New Guinea, in the megapode (turkey-like) family Megapodiidae.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 叢塚雉 /丛冢雉
- 叢塚雉 /丛冢雉 (cóngzhǒngzhì)Translations
Finnish kekokana, talekana
- kekokanaTranslations
- talekanaTranslations
Vietnamese gà tây bụi rậm Úc
- gà tây bụi rậm ÚcTranslations
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