Turkey : (noun) 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: Turkey,
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
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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]
