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brush turkey

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brush turkey \Brush" tur`key\ (Zo["o]l.)
   A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia ({Talegalla
   Lathami}) of the family {Megapodid[ae]}. Also applied to
   several allied species of New Guinea.

   Note: 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 : WordNet®

brush turkey
     n : black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
         [syn: {Alectura lathami}]
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