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turkey

(countable) A bird in the genus with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.

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Australia
#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(countable) A bird in the genus with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck.

Mumford (1970) noted that the terms ‘crock’, ‘gomer’, and ‘turkey’, were sometimes utilized by interns to designate different types of undesirable patients, and sometimes used synonymously.
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  • “#Turkey #quake M2.1 | Central Turkey | 8m ago | May 5, 2026 09:52 am (Istanbul time) Did you feel it? Submit a report! #minor #M2+ #Turkey”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Senior Audio Engineer at userwise.io (Serbia/Romania/Portugal/Poland/Turkey/Spain – remote, 🗺️) "be responsible for evaluating, creating, and enhancing audio assets for multiple casual and action mobile titles" #gamejobs apply.workable.com/userwise-ser...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Unless this is a turkey, I am looking forward to watching the shit out of this thing!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “ULEANRA DID YOU BIT TURKEY OH GOD STOP”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Death toll in Turkey school shooting rises to 10 www.turkishminute.com/2026/05/04/d...”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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Australia
#2·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(countable, originally, now, _, obsolete) The guinea fowl (family ).

All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.
Origin: and turkey-hen, originally denoting the guinea fowl, an African bird that was first imported to Europe through Turkey, but there is some controversy over the origin. The word was then transferred to the superficially similar North American bird. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “Why is cat overpopulation a problem in Australia but not in Turkey?”

    — r/NoStupidQuestions· May 2026
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Australia
#3·Apr 27, 2026AUS

(uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

That film was a turkey.
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  • “Now I have visions of you sending Martina to Turkey for new hair, just so you can laugh at them for having a mullet 😂”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Turkey, Saudi Arabia set to sign visa-free travel agreement: report https://www.europesays.com/people/59150/ Turkey and Saudi Arabia are expected to sign an agreement scrapping visa requirements for their citizens during talks…”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Formal Effects of Informal Labor: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Ahmet Gulek”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"Central banks sold a net 30t of gold in March, with sales from Turkey (60t) and Russia (6t) offsetting purchases elsewhere." -Krishan Gopaul, World Gold Council”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Going cold turkey trying to get off coffee is no joke. Migraines for days. The good news is I don’t want to eat, so there’s that.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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