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brush turkey in British English
noun
any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
brush turkey in American English
noun
any of several large-footed, short-winged gallinaceous Australasian birds of the family Megapodiidae, typically building a compostlike mound of decaying vegetation as an incubator for their eggs; megapode
Word origin
[1840–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1840–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: creationism, dope, flan, plaque, pylonImage ofbrush turkey
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- grasp (or clutch or catch) at a straw (or straws)
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