Found 2 items, similar to Brush turkey.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: brush turkey brush turkey n : black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea [syn: Alectura lathami]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Brush turkey Brush turkey \Brush" tur`key\ (Zo["o]l.) A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami ) of the family Megapodid[ae]. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea. [1913 Webster] Note: The brush turkeys live in the “brush,” and construct a common nest by collecting a large heap of decaying vegetable matter, which generates heat sufficient to hatch the numerous eggs (sometimes half a bushel) deposited in it by the females of the flock. [1913 Webster]