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ALECTURA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Alectura mean?

• ALECTURA (noun)
The noun ALECTURA has 1 sense:

1. brush turkeys

Familiarity information: ALECTURA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALECTURA (noun)

Sense 1

Alectura ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Brush turkeys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alectura; genus Alectura

Hypernyms ("Alectura" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Alectura"):

Alectura lathami; brush turkey (black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea)

Holonyms ("Alectura" is a member of...):

family Megapodiidae; Megapodiidae (megapodes)

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