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Meaning
Noun
●
In Fowls & Poultry:
The
guinea fowl
(family Numididae).
●
In Fowls & Poultry:
A
bird
in the
genus
Meleagris with a fan-shaped
tail
and
wattled
neck
, especially the
wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
●
In Food and drink & Fowls:
The
flesh
or
meat
of this
bird
eaten
as food.
●
In Fowls & Poultry:
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
)).
●
In Bowling:
An
act
of
throwing
three
strikes
in a row.
⚠️
In Medicine, People & Poultry:
A
patient
feigning
symptoms
; a person
faking
illness
or
injury
; a malingerer.
●
In American English, Australian English & Poultry:
A
pack
carried
by a
lumberman
; a
bindle
; also, a large
travel bag
, a suitcase.
●
In American English:
A failure.
⚠️
In American English:
A
foolish
or
inept
person.
Name
●
A country at the
intersection
of Europe and Asia on the Mediterranean. Official
name
: Republic of Türkiye
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
turkey
English
Turkey
English
Turquie
French
Sourced from
Etym
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Rhymes
Murky
Worky
Lerky
Perky
Shirky
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