| brush turkey | (n) black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea, Syn. Alectura lathami |
| Brush turkey | (Zool.) A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family ☞ 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 ] |
| 塚造 | [つかつくり;ツカツクリ, tsukatsukuri ; tsukatsukuri] (n) (uk) megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, inc. brush turkeys and mallee fowl); mound builder [Add to Longdo] |