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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In ornithology: [lowercase] A name of the common guinea-fowl, to which Linnæus gave the technical specific name Numida meleagris.
  2. n. An American genus of Phasianidæ or Meleagridæ, of large size with varied metallic plumage, naked tarsi spurred in the male, bare head with erectile fleshy caruncles, and a tuft of hair-like feathers on the breast; the turkeys. There are three kinds: M. gallopavo or mexicana, the supposed original of the domestic turkey, differing little from M. sylvestris or americana, the common wild turkey of the United States; and the more beautiful and very distinct ocellated turkey of Honduras, M. ocellata. See turkey.
  3. n. In conchology, a genus of mollusks: same as Meleagrina.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys

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