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
Megapode
\Meg"a*pode\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega- + Gr.
poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
birds of the genera
Megapodius and
Leipoa, inhabiting
Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also
mound builder
,
scrub fowl,
moundbird, and
brush turkey. See
Jungle fowl
(b) under
Jungle, and
Leipoa.
[1913 Webster]
moundbird
\moundbird\, mound bird
\mound bird\n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of
Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to
incubate eggs. Called also
mound builder,
mound maker,
megapode,
brush turkey, and
scrub fowl.
Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.
[WordNet 1.5]