†cock of India: a male turkey (Obsolete).
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释义 | the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Meleagrididae (turkey) > male (9) cock of India1546 †cock of India: a male turkey (Obsolete). brissel-cockc1565 A kind of fowl; ‘a turkey-cock’ (Jamieson). guinea-cock1577 The male of the guinea-fowl; the guinea-fowl (earlier called turkey-cock). turkey-cock1578 The male of the turkey. gobbler1725 A male turkey. bubbly jock1785 A turkeycock. Also figurative: something to be feared. staga1825 Applied to the male of various birds. (Cf. steg, n.) A turkey-cock of two years and upwards. Tom1840 With reference to an animal. A male bird; esp. (now only) a male turkey. longbeard1974 U.S. The mature adult male of a wild turkey, typically one over two years old, which has a long beard-like tuft of feathers below the base of its… |
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