Turkey1. (n.) An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
2. (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.
Thesaurus Entries
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