a large domesticated game bird, orig native to N America, that has a heavy rounded body, lustrous black or bronze plumage, a bald head, and, in the male, distinctive red wattles
a large often domesticated game bird, orig native to N America, that has a heavy rounded body, lustrous black or bronze plumage, a bald head, and, in the male, distinctive red wattles: Meleagris gallopavo
the flesh of a turkey used as food
chiefly NAmer, informal something, esp a film or play, that is considered to be an utter failure
an ineffectual or stupid person
talk turkey
NAmer, informal to have a frank and open discussion, esp one that relates to business
[from an earlier meaning ‘to talk agreeably about pleasant things’, prob connected with the tradition of American families getting round the table to eat a turkey dinner on Thanksgiving Day (23 November)]shortened from turkey-cock or turkeyhen, a name applied to a type of African guinea fowl imported via Turkey and later erroneously also applied to the American bird