BRUSH TURKEY

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Meaning:

Black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea

Synonyms:

Alectura lathami; brush turkey

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("brush turkey" is a kind of...):

megapode; mound-bird; mound bird; mound builder; scrub fowl (large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs)

Holonyms ("brush turkey" is a member of...):

Alectura; genus Alectura (brush turkeys)

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