turkey
Meanings
noun
- The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
- A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.
- A wild turkey of Meleagris gallopavo.
- A domesticated bird of Meleagris gallopavo domesticus.
- The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
- A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
- A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
- A failure.
- A foolish or inept person.
- A prostitute.
name
- A country located in Eastern Thrace in Southeastern Europe and Anatolia in West Asia. Official name: Republic of Türkiye. Capital: Ankara.
- Synonym of Ottoman Empire, a former empire in Europe, Asia, Africa. Capital: Istanbul.
- A city in Hall County, Texas, United States.
noun
- Synonym of Turkey red (“a vibrant red dye or its color”).
- Synonym of Turkey blue (“a deep indigo dye or its color”).
adj
- Synonym of Turkey red (“dyed or colored Turkey red”).
- Synonym of Turkey blue (“dyed or colored Turkey blue”).
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Etymology
Clipping of turkey-cock and turkey-hen, originally denoting the guinea fowl, an African bird that was first imported to Europe through Turkey, but there is some controversy over the origin. The word was then transferred to the superficially similar North American bird Meleagris gallopavo.
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