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The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
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A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
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The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
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All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
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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)).
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An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
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A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.
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A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.
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A failure.
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That film was a turkey.
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(usually mildly) A foolish or inept person.
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The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.