turkey

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/ˈtɜːki/

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

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An elderly naturalist admired the spotted turkey at the market, noting that it was actually a Numidian guinea fowl rather than the familiar holiday bird.

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意味（1）

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

意味（2）

(countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).

It was a Turkey! He never could have stood upon his legs, that bird. He would have snapped 'em short off in a minute, like sticks of sealing-wax.

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意味（3）

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

All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.

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意味（4）

(countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).

意味（5）

(countable, bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.

意味（6）

(countable, medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.

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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意味（7）

(countable, Australia, US, slang, dated) A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase.

意味（8）

(countable, US, slang) A failure.

That film was a turkey.

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意味（9）

(countable, US, slang, usually mildly derogatory) A foolish or inept person.

The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.

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turkeys （ plural ）

turkies （ plural ）