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scrub turkey

scrub turkey noun: a brush turkey.

Noun

scrub turkey (plural scrub turkeys)

  1. (Australia) A brush turkey.
    • Bo spotted a scrub turkey standing head high in the buffel grass.2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 34
  2. (Australia, colloquial) A swagman.

Forms of scrub turkey

pluralscrub turkeys

Questions about scrub turkey

What does scrub turkey mean?
Scrub turkey means a brush turkey.
What part of speech is scrub turkey?
Scrub turkey is a noun.
What is the plural of scrub turkey?
The plural of scrub turkey is scrub turkeys.

Words near scrub turkey in the dictionary

  1. scrub rider
  2. scrub riders
  3. scrub robin
  4. scrub robins
  5. scrub the ground
  6. scrub turkey
  7. scrub turkeys
  8. scrub turpentine
  9. scrub typhus
  10. scrub up
  11. scrub wallabies

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