- scrub turkey
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scrub turkey or scrub fowl nounA type of ground-living bird of the Australian scrub, a mound-builder• • •Main Entry: ↑scrub
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scrub-turkey — noun another term for brush turkey … English new terms dictionary
scrub turkey — /skrʌb ˈtɜki/ (say skrub terkee) noun → brush turkey (def. 1) …
scrub fowl — noun large footed short winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs • Syn: ↑megapode, ↑mound bird, ↑mound bird, ↑mound builder • Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean … Useful english dictionary
scrub — 1. v. & n. v. (scrubbed, scrubbing) 1 tr. rub hard so as to clean, esp. with a hard brush. 2 intr. use a brush in this way. 3 intr. (often foll. by up) (of a surgeon etc.) thoroughly clean the hands and arms by scrubbing, before operating. 4 tr.… … Useful english dictionary
Turkey Swamp Park — is a 1,180 acre (4.78 km²) park located in Freehold Township, New Jersey on the northern fringe of the Pine Barrens. The chief attraction of this park is the seventeen acre lake suitable for bass, bluegill and catfish fishing.NomenclatureThe… … Wikipedia
scrub fowl — moundbird moundbird, mound bird mound bird . (Zo[ o]l.) Any of several large footed short winged birds of Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs. Called also {mound builder}, {mound maker}, {megapode}, {brush… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
scrub fowl — Megapode Meg a*pode (m[e^]g [.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega + Gr. poy s, podo s, foot.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of large footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera {Megapodius} and {Leipoa}, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Scrub oak — Oak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Turkey oak — Oak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Australian Brush-turkey — Taxobox name = Australian Brush turkey status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Galliformes familia = Megapodiidae genus = Alectura genus authority = Latham, 1824 species … Wikipedia
