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wild turkey

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noun

the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey.Compare turkey(def 1).

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Origin of wild turkey

An Americanism dating back to 1605–15

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for wild turkey

We found some wild-turkey tracks, and a few feathers, which put our hopes high.
Tales of lonely trails|Zane Grey
After that, we shall give you some wild-turkey broth and a bone to pick.
The Lone Ranche|Captain Mayne Reid
"We've got all the wild-turkey meat we'll want on this trip," came from John Barrow.
The Rover Boys In The Mountains|Arthur M. Winfield
The deer and the wild-turkey are nearly as abundant on the Atlantic slope of the Alleghanies as they ever were.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Vol. XV., No. 85. January, 1875.|Various

Its the same difference as it is between the first flushin of a wild-turkey bunch an the second.
Short Stories of the New America|Various