MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Meleagris gallopavo mean? 

• MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO (noun)
  The noun MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO has 1 sense:

1. large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

  Familiarity information: MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Meleagris gallopavo; turkey

Hypernyms ("Meleagris gallopavo" is a kind of...):

domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Meleagris gallopavo"):

gobbler; tom; tom turkey; turkey cock (male turkey)

Holonyms ("Meleagris gallopavo" is a member of...):

genus Meleagris; Meleagris (type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys)