turkey
Pronunciation:
/ˈtɜːki//ˈtɝki/noun
Definitions
The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
Example: All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the bush turkey or brush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).