tur·key /ˈtɝki/
 火雞,無用的東西,土耳其


 Tur·key pr. n.  A country in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
 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.


 Tur·key n.; pl. Turkeys   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.
 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.
 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
      n 1: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely
           domesticated for food [syn: Meleagris gallopavo]
      2: a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved
         independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923 [syn: {Republic
         of Turkey]
      3: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some
         joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: joker]
      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: bomb, dud]
      6: wild turkey of Central America and northern South America
         [syn: ocellated turkey, Agriocharis ocellata]