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n. A large North American bird (Meleagris gallopavo) that has brownish plumage and a bare wattled head and neck and is widely domesticated for food.

n. A related bird (Agriocharis ocellata) of Mexico and Central America, brilliantly colored and having eyelike spots on its tail.

n. Slang A person considered inept or undesirable.

n. Slang A failure, especially a failed theatrical production or movie.

n. Sports Three consecutive strikes in bowling.

idiom. talk turkey Informal To speak frankly and get down to the basic facts of a matter.

n. Either of two species of bird in the genus Meleagris with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.

n. A failure.

n. A foolish or inept person.

n. An act of throwing three strikes in a row.

n. Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of America.

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n. A bag containing a lumber-jack's outfit.

n. An American gallinaceous bird of the genus Meleagris; any species of Meleagridæ. See the technical names.

n. The second species of Meleagris is M. ocellata, the ocellated turkey of Honduras and some other parts of Central America. This is much smaller and more beautiful than the other; the plumage is intensely lustrous, and in part eyed with iridescent ocelli, recalling those of the peacock; the bare head is deep-blue, studded with caruncles of an orange color, and no dewlap is developed.

n. With qualifying term, one of several different Australian birds which resemble or suggest the turkey. See phrases below.

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual

n. large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

n. a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923

n. flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

n. a person who does something thoughtless or annoying

"- TURKEY HUNT PREVIEW When Thomas Washburn, 14, of Woodbury, heads into the turkey woods in about a week, he'll try to accomplish something on his first hunt that his grandfather, Reinhard Riessen, a veteran of many hunts near Mankato, has never done: bag a gobbler."

flop    fizzle    bust    state    land    country    poultry    unpleasant person    disagreeable person   

mexican turkey    wild turkey    bronze turkey    norfolk turkey    colorado turkey    ocellated turkey    new england wild turkey    to hoist the turkey    crested turkey    cambridgeshire turkey   

gobbler    gallopavo    ocellata    Meleagris    flop    jerk    prat    idiot    qualifier    fool   

jerky    murky    perky    quirky   

chicken    mutton    fowl    venison    goose    pheasant    steak    rabbit    lamb    veal