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tur·key (tʉr)

noun pl. turkeys -·keys or turkey -·key

    1. any of a family (Meleagrididae) of large, gallinaceous North American birds with a small, naked head and spreading tail, including a wild or domesticated species (Meleagris gallopavo) bred as poultry and a wild species (Agriocharis ocellata) of Central America, with eyespots on the tail
    2. the flesh of a turkey
  1. Slang a failure: said esp. of a theatrical production
  2. Slang an inept, stupid, or unpleasant person
  3. Bowling three strikes in a row

Etymology: earlier Turkey-cock, term orig. applied to the guinea fowl, sometimes imported through Turkey and for a time identified with the Am fowl

turkey Idioms

talk turkey

Informal to talk bluntly and directly
Turkey definition

Tur·key (tʉr)

country occupying Asia Minor & a SE part of the Balkan Peninsula: 300,947 sq mi (779,450 sq km); pop. 56,473,000; cap. Ankara

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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