brush-turkey
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See also: brushturkey and brush turkey
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]brush-turkey (plural brush-turkeys)
- Any of several species of large birds, found in Australia and New Guinea, in the megapode (turkey-like) family Megapodiidae.
Synonyms
[edit]- (a turkey-like magapod): bush turkey, scrub turkey
Derived terms
[edit]- Australian brush-turkey (Alectura lathami)
- black-billed brush-turkey (Talegalla fuscirostris)
- collared brush-turkey (Talegalla jobiensis)
- red-billed brush-turkey (Talegalla cuvieri)
- Waigeo brush-turkey (Aepypodius bruijnii)
- wattled brush-turkey (Aepypodius arfakianus)