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

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.

From New York Times

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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Kangaroos and wallabies are very frequent; several brush turkeys were seen, and the partridge and bronze-winged pigeons are very plentiful.

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