turkey

5 definitions found

turkey - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Turkey \Tur"key\, pr. n. [Cf. 2d Turkey.]
     A country in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
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     Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor
        and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed
        of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is
        distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar
        carpets made in India and elsewhere.
  
     Turkey oak. (Bot.) See Cerris.
  
     Turkey red.
     (a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes,
         etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously
         with oil or other fatty matter.
     (b) Cloth dyed with this red.
  
     Turkey sponge. (Zool.) See Toilet sponge, under Sponge.
        
  
     Turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite;
        -- called also Turkey oilstone.
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  Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
     because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
     originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
     (Zool.)
     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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     Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
           the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
           and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
           chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
           or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
           elegantly colored than the common species. See under
           Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
           bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
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     Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
        liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
        dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
        long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
        turkey's beard.
  
     Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
        certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
        Solanum torvum).
  
     Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
        erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
        disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
        (Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
        States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
        and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
        high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
  
     Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
  
     Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
  
     Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
  
     Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
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turkey - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  turkey
      n 1: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely
           domesticated for food [syn: turkey, Meleagris gallopavo
           ]
      2: 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 [syn:
         Turkey, Republic of Turkey]
      3: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some
         joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: joker, turkey]
      4: flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
      5: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the
         first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud
         as far as new business was concerned" [syn: turkey, bomb,
         dud]

turkey - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Turkey, NC (town, FIPS 68740)
    Location: 34.99319 N, 78.18537 W
    Population (1990): 234 (102 housing units)
    Area: 1.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 28393
  Turkey, TX (city, FIPS 73964)
    Location: 34.39419 N, 100.89546 W
    Population (1990): 507 (282 housing units)
    Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 79261

turkey - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "turkey":
     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, dindon, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling,
     dull thud, dunghill fowl, faisan, fizzle, flat failure, flop,
     floperoo, fowl, frost, fryer, game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose,
     gosling, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen,
     hen turkey, lemon, oie, partlet, partridge, pheasant, pigeon,
     pigeonneau, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, pullet, quail,
     roaster, rooster, setting hen, spring chicken, squab,
     stewing chicken, tom, tom turkey, total loss, turkey gobbler,
     turkey-cock, volaille, washout, wild duck