brush turkey


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

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How to use brush turkey in a sentence

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

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

    Robbery Under Arms | Thomas Alexander Browne, AKA Rolf Boldrewood
  • The first compartment contains two of the rarities of the gardens—the satin bower-bird and the Tallagulla or brush-turkey.

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

    The Log of the Sun | William Beebe
  • Now the megapode of the Solomons is a distant cousin to the brush turkey of Australia.

    Jerry of the Islands | Jack London