ocellated turkey

American

noun

a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.

Etymology

Origin of ocellated turkey

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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Also, veterinarians treat an ocellated turkey chick’s foot condition, and a North American beaver needs a tooth trim.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2021

Indication of a species in an extinction vortex: the ocellated turkey on the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico.

From Scientific American • Jan. 16, 2013

Only one of the bones yielded enough replicable DNA for analysis, but it was an exact match with , and not the ocellated turkey.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 8, 2012

The cardinal bird and the ocellated turkey must not be forgotten.

From Ranching, Sport and Travel by Carson, Thomas

Moreover, this same sign occurs on the drawings of the bills of the frigate-bird and the ocellated turkey, and is evidently not of specific significance.

From Animal Figures in the Maya Codices by Tozzer, Alfred M. (Alfred Marston)

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