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PLAIN TURKEY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does plain turkey mean?
• PLAIN TURKEY (noun)
The noun PLAIN TURKEY has 1 sense:
1. popular Australian game bird
Familiarity information: PLAIN TURKEY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Popular Australian game bird
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Choriotis australis; plain turkey
Hypernyms ("plain turkey" is a kind of...):
bustard (large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes)
Holonyms ("plain turkey" is a member of...):
Choriotis; genus Choriotis (Australian bustard)
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