| slovo | definícia |
turk
(mass) | Turk
- Turek |
turk
(encz) | Turk,Turk n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
turk
(czen) | Turk,Turkn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
turk
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
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Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
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5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
[PJC]
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
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Turk
(gcide) | Turk \Turk\ (t[^u]rk), n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin:
cf. F. Turc.]
1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
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2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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3. A Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey. [Archaic]
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It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
be a Christian. --Chillingworth.
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4. (Zool.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and {Plum
weevil}, under Plum.
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Turk's cap. (Bot.)
(a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily.
(b) A tulip.
(c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See
Melon cactus, under Melon.
Turk's head.
(a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b) (Bot.) See Turk's cap
(c) above.
Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus;
crowfoot.
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turk
(wn) | Turk
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Turkey |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
turkey
(mass) | Turkey
- Turecko |
turkish
(mass) | Turkish
- turecký, turečtina |
turkmen
(mass) | Turkmen
- Turkmén, turkménsky jazyk |
turkmenistan
(mass) | Turkmenistan
- Turkménsko |
turkotatar
(mass) | Turko-Tatar
- turko-tatarský jazyk |
turks and caicos islands
(mass) | Turks and Caicos Islands
- Turks a Caicos |
turkmén
(msas) | Turkmén
- Turkmen |
turkménsko
(msas) | Turkménsko
- TKM, TM, Turkmenistan |
turkménsky jazyk
(msas) | turkménsky jazyk
- Turkmen |
turko-tatarský jazyk
(msas) | turko-tatarský jazyk
- Turko-Tatar |
turks a caicos
(msas) | Turks a Caicos
- TC, TCA, Turks and Caicos Islands |
turkmen
(msasasci) | Turkmen
- Turkmen |
turkmensko
(msasasci) | Turkmensko
- TKM, TM, Turkmenistan |
turkmensky jazyk
(msasasci) | turkmensky jazyk
- Turkmen |
turko-tatarsky jazyk
(msasasci) | turko-tatarsky jazyk
- Turko-Tatar |
turks a caicos
(msasasci) | Turks a Caicos
- TC, TCA, Turks and Caicos Islands |
cold turkey
(encz) | cold turkey,bez mezikroků Zdeněk Brožcold turkey,náhle Zdeněk Brož |
grand turk
(encz) | grand Turk, n: |
kemal ataturk
(encz) | Kemal Ataturk, |
ocellated turkey
(encz) | ocellated turkey, n: |
plain turkey
(encz) | plain turkey, n: |
talk turkey
(encz) | talk turkey, |
tom turkey
(encz) | tom turkey, n: |
turkestan
(encz) | Turkestan, |
turkey
(encz) | turkey,kachna (novinářská) n: Rostislav Svobodaturkey,krocan n: Zdeněk Brožturkey,krůta turkey,nešika n: [slang.] Jiří Dadákturkey,trojnásobný strike n: [sport.] v bowlingu, tři po sobě jdoucí
strajky Jiří DadákTurkey,Turecko [zem.] n: |
turkey buzzard
(encz) | turkey buzzard,kondor n: Zdeněk Brož |
turkey cock
(encz) | turkey cock, n: |
turkey drumstick
(encz) | turkey drumstick, n: |
turkey leg
(encz) | turkey leg, n: |
turkey oak
(encz) | turkey oak, n: |
turkey red
(encz) | Turkey red, |
turkey stew
(encz) | turkey stew, n: |
turkey stuffing
(encz) | turkey stuffing, n: |
turkey trot
(encz) | turkey trot, n: |
turkey vulture
(encz) | turkey vulture, |
turkey wing
(encz) | turkey wing, n: |
turkeys
(encz) | turkeys,krocani Zdeněk Brožturkeys,krůty n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
turki
(encz) | Turki, |
turkic
(encz) | Turkic, |
turkic-speaking
(encz) | Turkic-speaking, adj: |
turkish
(encz) | turkish,turecký adj: Zdeněk BrožTurkish, |
turkish bath
(encz) | Turkish bath, |
turkish coffee
(encz) | Turkish coffee, |
turkish tobacco
(encz) | Turkish tobacco, |
turkish towel
(encz) | Turkish towel, |
turkistan
(encz) | Turkistan, |
turkize
(encz) | Turkize, |
turkizes
(encz) | Turkizes, |
turkmen
(encz) | Turkmen, adj: |
turkmenistan
(encz) | Turkmenistan,Turkmenistán n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
turko-tatar
(encz) | Turko-Tatar, |
turkoman
(encz) | Turkoman, |
water turkey
(encz) | water turkey, n: |
young turk
(encz) | Young Turk, |
hl.m. - turkmenistán
(czen) | hl.m. - Turkmenistán,Ashgabatn: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
turkmenistán
(czen) | Turkmenistán,Turkmenistann: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
brush turkey
(gcide) | Megapode \Meg"a*pode\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega- + Gr.
poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting
Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also {mound
builder}, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey. See
Jungle fowl
(b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
[1913 Webster]moundbird \moundbird\, mound bird \mound bird\n. (Zool.)
Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of
Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to
incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker,
megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.
Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.
[WordNet 1.5]Brush turkey \Brush" tur`key\ (Zool.)
A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia ({Talegalla
Lathami}) of the family Megapodid[ae]. Also applied to
several allied species of New Guinea.
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Note: The brush turkeys live in the "brush," and construct a
common nest by collecting a large heap of decaying
vegetable matter, which generates heat sufficient to
hatch the numerous eggs (sometimes half a bushel)
deposited in it by the females of the flock.
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Brush turkey
(gcide) | Megapode \Meg"a*pode\ (m[e^]g"[.a]*p[=o]d), n. [Mega- + Gr.
poy`s, podo`s, foot.] (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous
birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting
Australia and other Pacific islands. Called also {mound
builder}, scrub fowl, moundbird, and brush turkey. See
Jungle fowl
(b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.
[1913 Webster]moundbird \moundbird\, mound bird \mound bird\n. (Zool.)
Any of several large-footed short-winged birds of
Australasia, which build mounds of decaying vegetation to
incubate eggs. Called also mound builder, mound maker,
megapode, brush turkey, and scrub fowl.
Syn: megapode, mound builder, scrub fowl, brush turkey.
[WordNet 1.5]Brush turkey \Brush" tur`key\ (Zool.)
A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia ({Talegalla
Lathami}) of the family Megapodid[ae]. Also applied to
several allied species of New Guinea.
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Note: The brush turkeys live in the "brush," and construct a
common nest by collecting a large heap of decaying
vegetable matter, which generates heat sufficient to
hatch the numerous eggs (sometimes half a bushel)
deposited in it by the females of the flock.
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Kulturkampf
(gcide) | Kulturkampf \Kul*tur"kampf`\, n. [G., fr. kultur, cultur,
culture + kampf fight.] (Ger. Hist.)
Lit., culture war; -- a name, originating with Virchow (1821
- 1902), given to a struggle between the Roman Catholic
Church and the German government, chiefly over the latter's
efforts to control educational and ecclesiastical
appointments in the interest of the political policy of
centralization. The struggle began with the passage by the
Prussian Diet in May, 1873, of the so-called
May laws, or
Falk laws, aiming at the regulation of the clergy.
Opposition eventually compelled the government to change
its policy, and from 1880 to 1887 laws virtually
nullifying the May laws were enacted.
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Native turkey
(gcide) | Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr.
nasci, p. p. natus. See Nation, and cf. Na["i]ve, Neif
a serf.]
1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.]
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Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native,
rising and vanishing again in long periods of times.
--Cudworth.
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2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the
place or the circumstances in which one is born; --
opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color,
etc.
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3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native
inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where
used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native
oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous
with domestic.
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4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything;
as, native dust. --Milton.
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5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one;
inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius,
cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc.
Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically
used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be
used for negative qualities. See also congenital
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Courage is native to you. --Jowett
(Thucyd.).
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6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.]
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the head is not more native to the heart, . . .
Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak.
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7. (Min.)
(a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as,
native silver, copper, gold.
(b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium
chloride.
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Native American party. See under American, a.
Native bear (Zool.), the koala.
Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of
Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a
truffle, but much larger.
Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under
Devil.
Native hen (Zool.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx
Mortierii}).
Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa.
Native rabbit (Zool.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles
lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form.
Native sloth (Zool.), the koala.
Native thrush (Zool.), an Australian singing bird
(Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead.
Native turkey (Zool.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis
australis}); -- called also bebilya.
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Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital.
Usage: Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the
nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom;
native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native
country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances
of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native
talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that
which springs from the structure of the mind. Native
eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion;
natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied
or artificial.
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Ocellated turkey
(gcide) | Ocellated \O*cel"la*ted\, a. [L. ocellatus, fr. ocellus a little
eye, dim. of oculus an eye.]
1. Resembling an eye.
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2. Marked with eyelike spots of color; as, the ocellated
blenny.
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Ocellated turkey (Zool.), the wild turkey of Central
America (Meleagris ocellata).
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Sturk
(gcide) | Sturk \Sturk\, n.
See Stirk. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
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Turk
(gcide) | Plum \Plum\, n. [AS. pl[=u]me, fr. L. prunum; akin to Gr. ?, ?.
Cf. Prune a dried plum.]
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1. (Bot.) The edible drupaceous fruit of the {Prunus
domestica}, and of several other species of Prunus;
also, the tree itself, usually called plum tree.
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The bullace, the damson, and the numerous varieties
of plum, of our gardens, although growing into
thornless trees, are believed to be varieties of the
blackthorn, produced by long cultivation. --G.
Bentham.
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Note: Two or three hundred varieties of plums derived from
the Prunus domestica are described; among them the
greengage, the Orleans, the purple gage, or
Reine Claude Violette, and the German prune, are
some of the best known.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Among the true plums are;
Beach plum, the Prunus maritima, and its crimson or
purple globular drupes,
Bullace plum. See Bullace.
Chickasaw plum, the American Prunus Chicasa, and its
round red drupes.
Orleans plum, a dark reddish purple plum of medium size,
much grown in England for sale in the markets.
Wild plum of America, Prunus Americana, with red or
yellow fruit, the original of the Iowa plum and several
other varieties.
[1913 Webster] Among plants called plum, but of other
genera than Prunus, are;
Australian plum, Cargillia arborea and {Cargillia
australis}, of the same family with the persimmon.
Blood plum, the West African H[ae]matostaphes Barteri.
Cocoa plum, the Spanish nectarine. See under Nectarine.
Date plum. See under Date.
Gingerbread plum, the West African {Parinarium
macrophyllum}.
Gopher plum, the Ogeechee lime.
Gray plum, Guinea plum. See under Guinea.
Indian plum, several species of Flacourtia.
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2. A grape dried in the sun; a raisin.
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3. A handsome fortune or property; formerly, in cant
language, the sum of [pounds]100,000 sterling; also, the
person possessing it.
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4. Something likened to a plum in desirableness; a good or
choice thing of its kind, as among appointments,
positions, parts of a book, etc.; as, the mayor rewarded
his cronies with cushy plums, requiring little work for
handsome pay
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]
5. A color resembling that of a plum; a slightly grayish deep
purple, varying somewhat in its red or blue tint.
[PJC]
Plum bird, Plum budder (Zool.), the European bullfinch.
Plum gouger (Zool.), a weevil, or curculio ({Coccotorus
scutellaris}), which destroys plums. It makes round holes
in the pulp, for the reception of its eggs. The larva
bores into the stone and eats the kernel.
Plum weevil (Zool.), an American weevil which is very
destructive to plums, nectarines, cherries, and many other
stone fruits. It lays its eggs in crescent-shaped
incisions made with its jaws. The larva lives upon the
pulp around the stone. Called also turk, and {plum
curculio}. See Illust. under Curculio.
[1913 Webster]Turk \Turk\ (t[^u]rk), n. [Per. Turk; probably of Tartar origin:
cf. F. Turc.]
1. A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia,
etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey.
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2. A native or inhabitant of Turkey.
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3. A Muslim; esp., one living in Turkey. [Archaic]
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It is no good reason for a man's religion that he
was born and brought up in it; for then a Turk would
have as much reason to be a Turk as a Christian to
be a Christian. --Chillingworth.
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4. (Zool.) The plum weevil. See Curculio, and {Plum
weevil}, under Plum.
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Turk's cap. (Bot.)
(a) Turk's-cap lily. See under Lily.
(b) A tulip.
(c) A plant of the genus Melocactus; Turk's head. See
Melon cactus, under Melon.
Turk's head.
(a) (Naut.) A knot of turbanlike form worked on a rope
with a piece of small line. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
(b) (Bot.) See Turk's cap
(c) above.
Turk's turban (Bot.), a plant of the genus Ranunculus;
crowfoot.
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Turkeis
(gcide) | Turkeis \Tur"keis\, a. [Cf. Turquoise.]
Turkish. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Turkey
(gcide) | Turkey \Tur"key\, pr. n. [Cf. 2d Turkey.]
A country in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
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Turkey carpet, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor
and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed
of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is
distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar
carpets made in India and elsewhere.
Turkey oak. (Bot.) See Cerris.
Turkey red.
(a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes,
etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously
with oil or other fatty matter.
(b) Cloth dyed with this red.
Turkey sponge. (Zool.) See Toilet sponge, under Sponge.
Turkey stone, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite;
-- called also Turkey oilstone.
[1913 Webster]Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
(Zool.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
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Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
elegantly colored than the common species. See under
Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
[1913 Webster]
Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
turkey's beard.
Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
Solanum torvum).
Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
(Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
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Turkey beard
(gcide) | Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
(Zool.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
elegantly colored than the common species. See under
Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
[1913 Webster]
Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
turkey's beard.
Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
Solanum torvum).
Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
(Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
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Turkey berry
(gcide) | Turkey \Tur"key\ (t[^u]r"k[=e]), n.; pl. Turkeys. [So called
because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came
originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See Turk.]
(Zool.)
Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
Meleagris, especially the North American wild turkey
(Meleagris gallopavo), and the domestic turkey, which was
probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
America.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tail feathers
and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
or ocellated, turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is more
elegantly colored than the common species. See under
Ocellated. The Australian, or native, turkey is a
bustard (Choriotis australis). See under Native.
[1913 Webster]
Turkey beard (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
liliaceous herbs of the genus Xerophyllum. They have a
dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
turkey's beard.
Turkey berry (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
certain kinds of nightshade (Solanum mammosum, and
Solanum torvum).
Turkey bird (Zool.), the wryneck. So called because it
erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
Turkey buzzard (Zool.), a black or nearly black buzzard
(Cathartes aura), abundant in the Southern United
States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
and neck resemble those of a turkey. It is noted for its
high and graceful flight. Called also turkey vulture.
Turkey cock (Zool.), a male turkey.
Turkey hen (Zool.), a female turkey.
Turkey pout (Zool.), a young turkey. [R.]
Turkey vulture (Zool.), the turkey buzzard.
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