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单词 turkey nest
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Definition of turkey nest in English:

turkey nest

(also turkey nest dam, turkey nest tank)
noun
Australian

  • A reservoir built in flat country that has a high embankment of earth around it.

    he climbed to the top of the turkey nest. The water was down about three feet from the overflow
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cook wanders up to the top of the turkeys nest, and sits in amongst the grass, and enjoys the weak warmth of the morning sun.
    • We drive 240 kilometers before dawn to get to a "turkey nest".
    • A turkey-nest type dam can be cost-effectively built on flat ground, requiring no natural topographical depression or valley.
    • There has already been a good deal of land clearing, track building, the formation of a Turkey Nest dam and extensive drilling for water.
    • A bore with a windpump brought more water to the surface there and filled a turkey-nest tank, in which we all took turns to wash.

Origin

1940s: from its resemblance to the nest constructed by the Australian brush turkey.

 
 
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