brush turkey
any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
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Once he was savagely pecked by an angry brush-turkey and forced to defend himself.
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea | Morgan RobertsonThe 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 BoldrewoodThe first compartment contains two of the rarities of the gardens—the satin bower-bird and the Tallagulla or brush-turkey.
Curiosities of Civilization | Andrew WynterBut 201 how all this pales before the accomplishment of a young brush turkey or moundbuilder of the antipodes.
The Log of the Sun | William BeebeNow the megapode of the Solomons is a distant cousin to the brush turkey of Australia.
Jerry of the Islands | Jack London
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