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BRUSH TURKEY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea
Synonyms:
Alectura lathami; brush turkey
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("brush turkey" is a kind of...):
megapode; mound-bird; mound bird; mound builder; scrub fowl (large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs)
Holonyms ("brush turkey" is a member of...):
Alectura; genus Alectura (brush turkeys)