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brush-turkeys

brush-turkeys is the plural of brush-turkey.

Meaning of brush-turkey

Noun

brush-turkey (plural brush-turkeys)

  1. Any of several species of large birds, found in Australia and New Guinea, in the megapode (turkey-like) family Megapodiidae.
    • We may also, I think, see in the peculiar organization of the entire family of the Megapodidæ or Brush Turkeys, a reason why they depart so widely from the usual habits of the Class of birds.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 418

Questions about brush-turkeys

What is brush-turkeys the plural of?
Brush-turkeys is the plural of brush-turkey.

Words near brush-turkeys in the dictionary

  1. brush-tailed porcupine
  2. brush-tailed porcupines
  3. brush-tailed possum
  4. brush-tailed possums
  5. brush-turkey
  6. brush-turkeys
  7. brush-up
  8. brush-ups
  9. brushability
  10. brushable
  11. Brushaski

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