brush-turkey
nounEtymology From brush + turkey.
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:
- Synonyms
- bush turkey, scrub turkey
- Derived terms
- Australian brush-turkey, black-billed brush-turkey, collared brush-turkey, red-billed brush-turkey, Waigeo brush-turkey, wattled brush-turkey