turkey: Palabra del día: November 26, 2020
turkey , n :
(countable, originally, now obsolete) The guinea fowl (family Numididae). (countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated). (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food. (countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)). (countable, bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row. (countable, medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer. (countable, Australia, US, slang, dated) A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase. (countable, US, slang) A failure. (countable, US, slang, usually mildly derogatory) A foolish or inept person. Happy Thanksgiving! Today, the fourth Thursday in November in 2020, is Thanksgiving Day in the United States and some other countries.
(countable, originally, now obsolete) The guinea fowl (family Numididae). (countable) A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated). (uncountable) The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food. (countable) With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the brush turkey or bush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)). (countable, bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row. (countable, medicine, slang, derogatory) A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer. (countable, Australia, US, slang, dated) A pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle; also, a large travel bag, a suitcase. (countable, US, slang) A failure. (countable, US, slang, usually mildly derogatory) A foolish or inept person. Happy Thanksgiving! Today, the fourth Thursday in November in 2020, is Thanksgiving Day in the United States and some other countries.
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