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bush turkey en · NOUN
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(Australia) The brush turkey, Alectura lathami.
The other bush foods, such as the girdi girdi, murrandus and bush turkeys, were shared amongst the community.
1996, Doris Pinkington, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 169The bush-turkey is about the same size as a tame one; the colour dark brown, with light grey feathers on the breast, and full plumage on the head and neck.
1844, John Barrow, Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Sir Francis Drake:
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