Turkey-cock
21turkey's beard — Turkey Tur key, n.; pl. {Turkeys}. [So called because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See {Turk}.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus {Meleagris} …
22turkey — [tʉr′kē] n. pl. turkeys or turkey [earlier Turkey cock, term orig. applied to the guinea fowl, sometimes imported through Turkey and for a time identified with the Am fowl ] ☆ 1. a) any of a family (Meleagrididae) of large, gallinaceous North… …
23cock — Synonyms and related words: Bantam, anemograph, anemometer, anemometrograph, anemoscope, anthill, backslide, ball cock, ball valve, baloney, bank, banty, barn door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, bilge, billy, billy goat, boar, bosh, boss, broiler,… …
24turkey — /terr kee/, n., pl. turkeys, (esp. collectively) turkey. 1. a large, gallinaceous bird of the family Meleagrididae, esp. Meleagris gallopavo, of America, that typically has green, reddish brown, and yellowish brown plumage of a metallic luster… …
25turkey — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gobbler, tom; slang, failure, flop. See birds, failure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. turkey cock, turkey hen, bird, fowl, Thanksgiving bird, Christmas bird, gobbler, turkey gobbler, wild turkey, domestic… …
26turkey — Synonyms and related words: Bantam, Cornish hen, banty, barn door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, bomb, broiler, brooder, broody hen, bust, caille, canard, caneton, capon, chanticleer, chapon, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel,… …
27Turkey (bird) — For the familiar species, see Domestic turkey and Wild Turkey. For other uses, see Turkey (disambiguation). Meleagris redirects here. For other uses, see Meleagris (disambiguation). Turkey Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent …
28turkey — noun /ˈtɜː.ki,ˈtɝ.ki/ a) Either of two species of bird in the genus Meleagris with fan shaped tails and wattled necks. That film was a turkey. b) A failure. The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him …
29turkey — tur•key [[t]ˈtɜr ki[/t]] n. pl. keys, (esp. collectively) key. 1) orn either of two large North American gallinaceous birds of the pheasant family, esp. Meleagris gallopavo, with brownish, iridescent plumage and a bare head and neck: domestic… …
30turkey call — noun 1. : the gobbling sound made by a turkey cock 2. : an instrument imitating a gobbling sound and used as a decoy by hunters of wild turkey …
