TURKEYS
Noun
turkeys
plural of turkey
Anagrams
• yukster
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"keys, a.
Definition: Turkish. [Obs.] Chaucer.
TURKEY
Tur"key, n. Etym: [Cf. 2d Turkey.]
Definition: An empire 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. (Zoƶl.) See Toilet sponge, under Sponge.
– Turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite; --
called also Turkey oilstone.
Tur"key, n.; pl. Turkeys. Etym: [So called because it was formerly
erroneously believed that it came originally from Turkey: cf. F.
Turquie Turkey. See Turk.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: 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 tall feathers and coverts are
tipped with white instead of brownish chestnut, and its flesh is
white. The Central American, or ocellated, turkey (M. 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 S. torvum).
– Turkey bird (Zoƶl.), the wryneck. So called because it erects and
ruffles the feathers of its neck when disturbed. [Prov. Eng.] --
Turkey buzzard (Zoƶl.), 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.
– Turkey cock (Zoƶl.), a male turkey.
– Turkey hen (Zoƶl.), a female turkey.
– Turkey pout (Zoƶl.), a young turkey. [R.] -- Turkey vulture
(Zoƶl.), the turkey buzzard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition