As a proper noun turkey
is country at the intersection of europe and asia on the mediterranean official name: republic of turkey.
As a noun megapode is
any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family megapodiidae , which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.
As an adjective megapode is
characteristic of the megapodiidae.
turkey
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Either of two species of bird in the genus Meleagris with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.
(UK) The guinea fowl (Numida meleagris ).
(colloquial) A failure.
- That film was a turkey .
(slang, usually, mildly, derogatory) A foolish or inept person.
- The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.
(bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
Synonyms
* (bird) Meleagris gallopavo'', ''Meleagris ocellata
* (failure) flop
* (stupid person) fool, idiot, (US) jerk, (UK) plonker, (UK) prat
Derived terms
* Australian turkey
* brush turkey
* bush turkey
* cold turkey
* go full turkey
* scrub turkey
* talk turkey
* turkey buzzard
* turkeyling
* turkey nest
* turkey shoot
* turkey trot
* turkeys voting for Christmas
* turkey vulture
* water turkey
Related terms
* turkey-cock
* wild turkey
* talk turkey
See also
* Anhinga
* (Australian bustard)
* (helmeted guineafowl)
External links
*
* (Meleagris gallopavo)
* (Meleagris ocellata)
megapode
English
Noun
(
en noun)
Any of several chicken- or turkey-like birds in the family Megapodiidae , which incubate their eggs by burying them where they receive warmth from decaying vegetation, solar radiation or geothermal heat.
Synonyms
* brush-turkey
* incubator bird
* moundbird
* mound-builder
* scrubfowl
Derived terms
* Biak megapode, Megapodius geelvinkianus
* dusky megapode Megapodius freycinet
* Forsten's megapode, Megapodius forstenii
* Melanesian megapode, Megapodius eremita
* Micronesian megapode , Megapodius laperouse
* Moluccan megapode, Eulipoa wallacei
* New Guinea megapode, Megapodius decollatus
* Nicobar megapode, Megapodius nicobariensis
* orange-footed megapode, Megapodius reinwardt
* Philippine megapode, Megapodius cumingii
* Polynesian megapode, Megapodius pritchardii
* Sula megapode, Megapodius bernsteinii
* Tanimbar megapode, Megapodius tenimberensis
* Tongan megapode
* Vanuatu megapode, Megapodius layardi
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Characteristic of the Megapodiidae
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