bush turkey

English

Noun

bush turkey (plural bush turkeys)

  1. (Australia) The brush turkey, Alectura lathami. [from 19th c.]
    • 1844, John Barrow, Life, Voyages, and Exploits of Sir Francis Drake:
      The 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.
    • 1996, Doris Pinkington, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 169:
      The other bush foods, such as the girdi girdi, murrandus and bush turkeys, were shared amongst the community.
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