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MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
Synonyms:
Meleagris gallopavo; turkey
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Meleagris gallopavo" is a kind of...):
domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Meleagris gallopavo"):
gobbler; tom; tom turkey; turkey cock (male turkey)
Holonyms ("Meleagris gallopavo" is a member of...):
genus Meleagris; Meleagris (type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys)
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