wild turkey

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noun

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

Origin of wild turkey

An Americanism dating back to 1605–15

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Related Words for wild turkey

grouse, quail, curlew, partridge, pheasant, plover, sandpiper, snipe, wildfowl, woodcock

Examples from the Web for wild turkey

Historical Examples of wild turkey

After that, we shall give you some wild-turkey broth and a bone to pick.
The Lone Ranche
Captain Mayne Reid
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
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
We found some wild-turkey tracks, and a few feathers, which put our hopes high.
Tales of lonely trails
Zane Grey
"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