Topic: BIRDS
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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Origin: | Turkey; because the bird looked like the guinea fowl, which was brought into Europe through Turkey |
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tur‧key
1 [countable]HBB a bird that looks like a large chicken and is often eaten at Christmas and at Thanksgiving
[countable]HBB2 [uncountable]DF the meat from a turkey eaten as food : roast turkey
roast turkey3 [countable] American English informalAPTAMF an unsuccessful film or play
4 to talk seriously about details, especially in business
