Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See
brush turkey .
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- noun zoology Any of the
genus Talegalla ofbrushturkeys , ofIndonesia and vicinity.
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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Examples
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Lumholtz, describing a festival dance in Australia (237), says that some of the men hold in their mouths tufts of talegalla feathers "for the purpose of giving themselves a savage look."
Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890
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The lowan (Mallee hen, they're mostly called) and talegalla (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners.
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields Rolf Boldrewood 1870
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The lowan (Mallee hen, they’re mostly called) and talegalla (brush turkey) were thick enough in some of the scrubby corners.
Robbery Under Arms 2004
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