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English
wikipedia|Turkey (bird)

Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/�t��.kɪ/
a|US enPR|tûr'k�, IPA|/�t��.kɪ/
audio|en-us-turkey.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|��(r)ki

Noun
en-noun

1. Either of two species of bird in the family Meleagrididae with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.
2. colloquial A failure.

#: That film was a turkey.

1. context|slang|usually|derogatory A stupid or incompetent person.

#: The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.

1. context|bowling The act of throwing three strikes in a row.

Scientific names
Meleagris gallopavo
Meleagris ocellata

Synonyms
sense|failure flop
sense|stupid person fool, idiot, qualifier|US jerk, qualifier|UK plonker, qualifier|UK prat

Derived terms
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Australian turkey
brush turkey
bush turkey
cold turkey
go full turkey
scrub turkey
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turkey buzzard
turkey nest
turkey shoot
turkey trot
turkey vulture
water turkey
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Related terms
turkey-cock

Translations

trans-top|bird
Afrikaans: kalkoen
Albanian: gjeli i detit
Amuzgo: chölö
Arabic: ARchar|د�� ��د� (di:k híndi), ARchar|د�� ر��� (di:k rú:mi), ARchar|د�� ا�حبش (di:k al-ħábaš)
Armenian: Õ°Õ¶Õ¤Õ¯Õ¡Õ°Õ¡Õ¾ (hndkahav)
Azeri: hindishga
Basque: indioilar, indioilo
Belarusian: дз�ка� �нд��ка (dzíkaja indý�ka)
Bosnian: t-|bs|�urka|f, t-|bs|�uran|m
Breton: yar-Indez f, yer-Indez p; kilhog-Indez m, kilheien-Indez p
Bulgarian: t+|bg|п�йка|f|trpujka|scCyrl
Catalan: gall dindi, polla d'índia
Chechen: мо�кал (moskal)
Chinese: �鸡 (hu�jī)
Crimean Tatar: korel, pepiy
Croatian: t-|hr|puran
Czech: t-|cs|krocan|m, t-|cs|krůta|f
Danish: t-|da|kalkun
Dutch: t-|nl|kalkoen|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|meleagro|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|kalkun
Faroese: t-|fo|kalkun|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|kalkkuna
French: t+|fr|dinde|f, t+|fr|dindon|m
Frisian: kalkoen
Friulian: dindi, dindiat
Galician: pavo
Georgian: ������� (indauri)
German: Truthahn m, Truthenne f; Puter m, Pute#German|Pute f
Greek: t-|el|γαλο�ο�λα|f|trgalopoúla|scGrek, t-|el|διάνο�|m|trðiános|scGrek
Hebrew: תרנ��� ���� (tarnegol hodu)
Hungarian: t-|hu|pulyka
Igbo: toro toro
Icelandic: t-|is|kalkúni
Indonesian: kalkun, ayam kalkun, ajam belanda
Irish: turcaí
Italian: t+|it|tacchino|m
Japanese: ��鳥 (�������, shichimench�)
Kazakh: (khoraz)
Khmer: (mon barang)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب������������, KUchar|����
Ladin: tachin
Latvian: tītars
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Letzeburgesh: Schnuddelhong
Limburgish: sjroet
Lithuanian: kalakutas
Lower Sorbian: truta, trutawa, turk#Lower_Sorbian|turk
Low Saxon: Kalkuun m, Kuun m, Kuunhahn m, Puut f
Macedonian: ми�и� (misir) m, ми�и�ка (misirka) f
Malagasy: vorontsiloza
Malay: ayam Belanda
Maltese: t-|mt|dundjan|xs=Maltese
Mongolian: �а�аг� ���г��л (tsatsagt hyarguul)
Norwegian: t-|no|kalkun|m
Occitan: piòt
Persian: FAchar|ب������ (bughalamun)
Polish: t-|pl|indyk|m, t-|pl|indyczka|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|peru|m
Rapanui: koro koro
Romanian: curcan m, curc� f
Romansh: galdin
Romany: tudkano m, tudka f
Russian: t-|ru|инд�к|m|trindjúk|scCyrl, t-|ru|индейка|f|trindéjka|scCyrl
Sami: kálkon
Sardinian: dindu, caboni de �ndias, pudda d'�ndia
Scottish: pulaidh
Serbian

Slovak: moriak m, morka f
Slovene: puran m, pura#Slovenian|pura f
Spanish: t+|es|pavo|m, qualifier|Costa Rica|El Salvador|Guatemala|Honduras|Nicaragua t-|es|chompipe|m, qualifier|Mexico t-|es|guajolote|m, italbrac|Cuba t-|es|guanajo|m, qualifier|Colombia|Southwestern Venezuelan Andes t-|es|pisco|m
Swahili: t-|sw|bata mzinga|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|kalkon
Tagalog: pabo
Telugu: �ర��� ��డి (Tarkee kODi)
Thai: THchar|����ว� (kai nguang)
Turkish: t+|tr|hindi
Ukrainian: �ндик (indýk) m
Upper Sorbian: truta, trutak
Welsh: twrci
Yiddish: ��נ��ק (indik)
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trans-top|failure
Bulgarian: t-|bg|п�овал|m|trproval|scCyrl
French: (movie) navet m
trans-mid
Russian: t-|ru|п�овал|m|trprovál|scCyrl, t-|ru|�иа�ко|n|trfiásko|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|fracaso|m, t+|es|fiasco|m
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trans-top|stupid person
Bulgarian: t+|bg|гл�пак|m|trglupák|scCyrl
Danish: fjols n
Finnish: t+|fi|typerys, t-|fi|hölmö, t+|fi|idiootti
French: (woman) dinde f
Irish: : amadán m, óinseach f
trans-mid
Lithuanian: kvailys m
Portuguese bobo m, tolo m, burro (Brazil)
Russian: t-|ru|гл�пе�|m|trglupéts|scCyrl, t+|ru|д��ак|m|trdurák|scCyrl
Slovak: t-|sk|blázon|m
Spanish: t+|es|pendejo|m
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See also
Anhinga
Australian Bustard
Helmeted Guineafowl

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