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   Tur·key

   /ˈtərkē/

   

   noun

   • 1. a large mainly domesticated game bird native to North America, having a bald head and (in the male) red wattles. It is prized as food, especially on festive occasions such as Thanksgiving and Christmas.
   • ▪ the flesh of the turkey as food.
   • 2. something that is extremely or completely unsuccessful, especially a play or movie: informal "the movie flopped—the second in a trio of turkeys"
   • ▪ a stupid or inept person: "I felt like such a turkey spying on his house"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: short for turkey cock or turkeyhen, originally applied to the guinea fowl (which was imported through Turkey), and then erroneously to the American bird.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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