单词 | brush-turkey |
释义 | > as lemmasbrush-turkey brush-turkey n. an Australian bird ( Talegalla lathami). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Megapodidae (mound-builder) > talegalla or brush-turkey Talegalla1840 brush-turkey1847 1847 W. B. Carpenter Zool.: Systematic Acct. I. §435 Termed..the Brush Turkey, on account of the wattles with which its neck is furnished. 1852 W. J. Broderip Leaves Note Bk. of Naturalist 139 The brush-turkey belongs to a family of birds..which never incubate, but..leave their eggs to the genial warmth of this half-natural, half artificial mother. < as lemmas |
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