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bush turkey

bush turkey noun: the brush turkey, Alectura lathami.

Noun

bush turkey (plural bush turkeys)

  1. (Australia) The brush turkey, Alectura lathami.
    • The bush-turkey is about the same size as a tame one; the colour dark brown, with light grey feathers on the breast, and full plumage on the head and neck.1844, John Barrow, Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Sir Francis Drake
    • The other bush foods, such as the girdi girdi, murrandus and bush turkeys, were shared amongst the community.1996, Doris Pinkington, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 169

Forms of bush turkey

pluralbush turkeys

Questions about bush turkey

What does bush turkey mean?
Bush turkey means the brush turkey, Alectura lathami.
What part of speech is bush turkey?
Bush turkey is a noun.
What is the plural of bush turkey?
The plural of bush turkey is bush turkeys.

Words near bush turkey in the dictionary

  1. bush track
  2. bush tracks
  3. bush trimmer
  4. bush trimmers
  5. bush tucker
  6. bush turkey
  7. bush turkeys
  8. bush typhus
  9. bush vetch
  10. bush vetches
  11. bush violet

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