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brush turkey

brush turkey is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of brush turkey

pluralbrush turkeys

Questions about brush turkey

What is brush turkey the alternative spelling of?
Brush turkey is the alternative spelling of brush-turkey.

Words near brush turkey in the dictionary

  1. brush something under the carpet
  2. brush something under the rug
  3. brush talk
  4. brush talks
  5. brush truck
  6. brush turkey
  7. brush turkeys
  8. brush up
  9. brush up to
  10. brush warbler
  11. brush warblers

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