Definitions
large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
Word origin
From Middle English Turkye, from Anglo-Norman Turkye, Medieval Latin Turcia, from Turcus (“Turk”), from Byzantine Greek Τοῦρκος (Toûrkos), from Classical Persian تُرْک (turk), from Middle Persian [script needed] (twlk' /turk/), from Old Turkic 𐱅𐰇𐰼𐰜 (t²ür²k̥). By surface analysis, Turke + -y.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Thanksgiving bird”6 letters
02“Holiday bird”6 letters
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