large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
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a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; on the collapse of the Ottoman Empire in 1918, the Young Turks, led by Kemal Ataturk, established a republic in 1923
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a person who does something thoughtless or annoying
<noun.person> some joker is blocking the driveway
flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
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an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual
<noun.event> the first experiment was a real turkey the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned
Turkey \Tur"key\, n. [Cf. 2d {Turkey}.] An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
{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}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Toilet sponge}, under {Sponge}.
{Turkey stone}, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite; -- called also {Turkey oilstone}.
Turkey \Tur"key\, n.; pl. {Turkeys}. [So called because it was formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See {Turk}.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tall 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}.
{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} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck. So called because it erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]
{Turkey buzzard} (Zo["o]l.), 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. Its is noted for its high and graceful flight. Called also {turkey vulture}.
{Turkey cock} (Zo["o]l.), a male turkey.
{Turkey hen} (Zo["o]l.), a female turkey.
{Turkey pout} (Zo["o]l.), a young turkey. [R.]
{Turkey vulture} (Zo["o]l.), the turkey buzzard.
He's campaigned for dissenters, including a senator who called his budget settlement a turkey and a Senate challenger who likened the tax provisions to a mugging.
Appropriations for it are not much of a turkey to hand out to the voters, given that most people have never heard of it, the rest can't say it, and those who can don't know what it is.
"You're better off being uncomfortable for two or three months than ending up with a $3 billion turkey that you eventually have to kill," he said.
The following year, the turkey was sedated.
L-tryptophan is an amino acid that occurs naturally in some foods that are high in protein, such as milk, beef, turkey and beans.
An unusual cranberry dish is a cranberry salsa to spice up any roast: turkey, ham, pork tenderloin.
Ham - banned by Moslems - is also on the menu for Tuesday's Christmas dinner along with turkey and roast beef.
"Now I know I can justify eating a lot of turkey, drinking some beers and eating some cake because I've got my workout in," Sean McCrossen said after finishing the Buffalo race.
It all worked out pretty well." The tradition of presenting a live turkey to the president goes back 42 years, to the administration of President Truman.
"Eating turkey on this day is a U.S. tradition that goes back centuries, to when a large group of immigrant families were on the point of starving to death.
The turkey that remained after the meal was finished would be tested at a medical laboratory Thursday, he said.
That would be only half the 6 percent increase in turkey meat output from 1987 to 1988, the department's Economic Research Service said.
Cook the turkey in 3-4 steam kettles.
Mrs. Van Marter, who declined to be interviewed, told officials at the time that she was forced to fling the bird, "as big as a turkey," into a nearby palm tree to stop the attack.
In a story about possible turkey shortages, the leading newspaper in Juarez, El Diario, explained Thanksgiving with a new twist.
Instead of sharing turkey dinner with their husband and father on Thursday, Mrs. Gould and her three children sat down with 3,000 other family members and friends of soldiers.
A bike shop provided a bicycle and a grocery store kicked in with a turkey dinner and $200 in food certificates, police Sgt. Donald Lacher said.
Richard Turner, who works for the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife at its Bourne office, said he received a complaint from the owner of a Mercedes Benz, who was not happy to find a turkey trotting over the hood and roof of his expensive car.
Many families took close looks at their turkeys after two of the nation's largest turkey processors recalled 30,000 birds in eight eastern states, Washington, D.C., and Indiana.
Mrs. Anderton and Lloyd Sutherland, 76, of El Paso, Texas, both told of eating a diet heavy on frozen turkey.
As the House Agriculture Committee put its final touches on a new five-year farm program, the Republican won approval for a turkey research center down the road from his lake house at Pelican Rapids, Minn.
The fall reflected a 10 per cent rise in turkey prices, which had proved difficult to recover, said Mr Phillips.
'It can dry out whereas if there's more fat, say with a duck, it will be better.' Some cooks dress their turkey in a muslin vest soaked in butter before roasting.
"He hasn't stopped eating since he got back," she said. "I'll never get him full." Most people have to go after their Thanksgiving turkey, whether by shopping or hunting, but three of the birds came to Sandy Ham.
"I cooked a turkey sandwich for him," he said. "Then some guy saw him eating and asked where he got the sandwich.
And if they're hungry, Flower also offers catered foods _ from rolled slices of turkey, ham and roast beef to chilled shrimp and crab legs.
It's kind of unseemly at my age to come out in a turkey.
Although an unstuffed turkey cooks faster and more evenly, and the Blues "have been on both sides of the big stuffing question" over the years, Blue said he finds the "synergism between the turkey and stuffing" to be more important.
Although an unstuffed turkey cooks faster and more evenly, and the Blues "have been on both sides of the big stuffing question" over the years, Blue said he finds the "synergism between the turkey and stuffing" to be more important.
Indeed, the astronauts were carrying five meals of turkey and gravy in their food locker.