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Definition of Brush turkey

1. Noun. Black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea.

Definition of Brush turkey

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of brush-turkey) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Brush turkey

1. A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of new Guinea. The brush turkeys live in the "brush," and construct a common nest by collecting a large heap of decaying vegetable matter, which generates heat sufficient to hatch the numerous eggs (sometimes half a bushel) deposited in it by the females of the flock. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Brush turkey

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1. The Polar and Tropical Worlds: A Description of Man and Nature in the Polar by Georg Hartwig (1872)
"... and Habits—Their Dancing-Parties—Mode of Shooting and Snaring them—The Australian Bower-Bird—The Brush-Turkey—The Adjutant—The Copper-Smith—The Indian ..."

2. The Visitor, Or, Monthly Instructor by Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) (1841)
"THE brush turkey OF AUSTRALIA. No portion of the globe contains animals so singular in their structure, as Australia ; in no other region does the ..."

3. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"... referred to is placed in square brackets at the end. 1847. L. Leichhardt,' Overland Expedition,' p. 14 : "We passed several nests of the Brush-Turkey ..."

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