brush turkey \brush" tur`key\ zool.
   a large, edible, gregarious bird of australia talegalla
   lathami of the family megapodidae. also applied to
   several allied species of new guinea.
   1913 webster

   note: the brush turkeys live in the "brush," and construct a
         common nest by collecting a large heap of decaying
         vegetable matter, which generates heat sufficient to
         hatch the numerous eggs sometimes half a bushel
         deposited in it by the females of the flock.
         1913 webster
see also:
talegalla lathami megapodidae