tyrkey : Idioms & Phrases

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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.
Webster 1913

Turkey berry

  • (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and S. torvum).
Webster 1913

Turkey bird

  • (Zoöl.), the wryneck. So called because it erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when disturbed. Prov. Eng.
Webster 1913

Turkey buzzard

  • noun a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
    Cathartes aura; turkey buzzard; buzzard.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), 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. Its is noted for its high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Webster 1913

Turkey cock

  • noun male turkey
    gobbler; tom turkey; tom.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a male turkey.
Webster 1913

Turkey hen

  • (Zoöl.), a female turkey.
Webster 1913

Turkey pout

  • (Zoöl.), a young turkey. R.
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Turkey vulture

  • noun a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States
    Cathartes aura; turkey buzzard; buzzard.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), the turkey buzzard.
Webster 1913