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  • adjective In the manner of a turkey
  • adverb In the manner of a turkey

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Examples

  • Why is that last turkey-like creature wearing labia earrings?

    In Which Happy Tanks SHOULD Be Given, But Are Not 2009

  • Well, at least the Autum sic Greeting cake's turkey looks relatively turkey-like.

    In Which Happy Tanks SHOULD Be Given, But Are Not 2009

  • Scientists discovered the remains of a new giant turkey-like carnivorous dinosaur in southern Utah.

    Boing Boing: April 2, 2006 - April 8, 2006 Archives 2006

  • From this frustration, a meatless icon was born: the Tofurky, a softball-sized mound of flora and spices that boasts a surprisingly turkey-like taste and texture.

    GOOD Magazine: Where's The Beef? 2008

  • While I was giving an introduction to bird watching, two Crested Guans large turkey-like birds flew into plain view.

    Archive 2007-08-01 Scott Schmidt 2007

  • While I was giving an introduction to bird watching, two Crested Guans large turkey-like birds flew into plain view.

    A Break in the Road Scott Schmidt 2007

  • Pilots dubbed the Tomcat "the turkey" because of its ungainly, turkey-like look when landing on aircraft carriers.

    This is What Happens to Old Fighter Jets | Impact Lab 2007

  • It has 147 different species of mammals and 510 bird species, ranging from turkey-like ground hornbills to orange-eyed, shimmering starlings.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1994

  • He had only to listen for the calling of the great, turkey-like _Chunha_, follow the gobble to its source and then gather up the winged but sluggish quarry until his hunger was satisfied, hoping, all the while that something better would turn up for the next meal.

    The Black Phantom

  • However, there was still an occasional partridge, a monkey or a turkey-like curassow and when one of them was secured Oomah ate sparingly so that the meat lasted several days.

    The Black Phantom

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