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The correct spelling is turkey.
How to pronounce turkey
/ˈtɜːki/
nounIPA: /ˈtɜːki/
Say it like: Tur-kee
The correct spelling is turkey. The guinea fowl (family Numididae). For example: "All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch."
Usage Examples
“All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.”
“That film was a turkey.”
“The turkey cut in front of me and then berated me for running into him.”
Definition
noun
- 1.The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
- 2.A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
- 3.The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.
- 4.With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the bush turkey or brush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
- 5.An act of throwing three strikes in a row.
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