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brush turkey
(gcide) | Megapode \Meg"a*pode\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega- + Gr.
poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting
Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also {mound
builder}, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey. See
Jungle fowl
(b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
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brush turkey
(gcide) | moundbird \moundbird\, mound bird \mound bird\n. (Zool.)
Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of
Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to
incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker,
megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.
Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Brush turkey
(gcide) | Brush turkey \Brush" tur`key\ (Zool.)
A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia ({Talegalla
Lathami}) of the family Megapodid[ae]. Also applied to
several allied species of New Guinea.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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brush turkey
(wn) | brush turkey
n 1: black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New
Guinea [syn: brush turkey, Alectura lathami] |
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Brush turkey
(gcide) | Megapode \Meg"a*pode\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega- + Gr.
poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting
Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also {mound
builder}, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey. See
Jungle fowl
(b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
[1913 Webster]moundbird \moundbird\, mound bird \mound bird\n. (Zool.)
Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of
Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to
incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker,
megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.
Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.
[WordNet 1.5]Brush turkey \Brush" tur`key\ (Zool.)
A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia ({Talegalla
Lathami}) of the family Megapodid[ae]. Also applied to
several allied species of New Guinea.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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