ALECTURA LATHAMI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alectura lathami mean? 

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

1. black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALECTURA LATHAMI (noun)

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Meaning:

Black megapode of wooded regions of Australia and New Guinea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alectura lathami; brush turkey

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

megapode; mound-bird; mound bird; mound builder; scrub fowl (large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs)

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

Alectura; genus Alectura (brush turkeys)