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a bird so unimpressive Benjamin Franklin still campaigned for it over the eagle
means A large, fan-tailed game bird native to the Americas, now the centerpiece of many holiday dinners — and, by extension, slang for a flop or a foolish person.
from The name is a geographic mix-up. Europeans first encountered a similar-looking bird, the African guinea fowl, imported through Turkish-controlled lands, and dubbed it the 'turkey cock.' When the actual American bird arrived, the name simply transferred to it — so this thoroughly New World creature ended up named for a country it never saw. The 'flop' sense comes from 20th-century American theater slang, where a failed show was a 'turkey,' possibly from cheaply produced plays staged around Thanksgiving.
- naming chaos
- Turks call it hindi, Greeks call it french bird
- can fly
- wild turkeys hit 55 mph in short bursts
- head color
- changes red, white, blue with their mood
- gobble range
- a male's call carries up to a mile
- ground sleepers no
- they roost high in trees overnight
turkey the country — nation spanning europe and asia minor, 85 million people, founded 1923
wild turkey bird — meleagris gallopavo, native to north america, hunted annually in november
turkey the thanksgiving dish — traditional roasted poultry served at american thanksgiving since 1621