wild turkey

wild tur·key

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wahyld tur-kee]
- /waɪld ˈtɜr ki/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wahyld tur-kee]
- /waɪld ˈtɜr ki/

Definitions of wild turkey words

noun wild turkey the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey (def 1). 1
noun wild turkey any wild form of the North American domesticated turkey 0
noun wild turkey Used other than as an idiom: see wild,‎ turkey. 0
noun wild turkey A large gamebird, Meleagris gallopavo, native to North America. 0

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Origin of wild turkey

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1605-15

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Parts of speech for Wild turkey

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adjective

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adverb

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conjunction

determiner

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wild turkey popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for wild turkey

noun wild turkey

curlew — A curlew is a large brown bird with long legs and a long curved beak. Curlews live near water and have a very distinctive cry.
game bird — any bird hunted chiefly for sport, as a quail or pheasant, especially such a bird that is protected by game laws.
quail — a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
wildfowl — a game bird, especially a wild duck, goose, or swan.
woodcock — either of two plump, short-legged migratory game birds of variegated brown plumage, the Eurasian Scolopax rusticola and the smaller American Philohela minor.

All 5 Synonyms of wild turkey