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brushturkey

brushturkey 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 brushturkey

pluralbrushturkeys

Words formed from brushturkey

Questions about brushturkey

What is brushturkey the alternative spelling of?
Brushturkey is the alternative spelling of brush-turkey.

Words near brushturkey in the dictionary

  1. brushtail possums
  2. brushtails
  3. brushtalk
  4. brushtalks
  5. Brushton
  6. brushturkey
  7. brushturkeys
  8. brushup
  9. brushups
  10. brushware
  11. brushwares

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