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Encyclopedia: Wild Turkey

The Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the heaviest member of the Galliformes, and is one of two species of turkey. (The other is the Ocellated Turkey, found in Central and South America.) Adult Wild Turkeys have a small, featherless, bluish head; a red throat; long reddish-orange legs; and a dark-brown body. The head has fleshy growths called caruncles; in excited turkeys, a fleshy flap on the bill expands, becoming engorged with blood. Males have red wattles on the throat and neck. Each foot has four toes, and males have rear spurs on their lower legs.

Translations

How to say "Wild Turkey" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	シチメンチョウ
	(German)	Truthuhn
	(Spanish)	Meleagris gallopavo
	(French)	Dinde

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Gorilla Fart

Gorilla Fart is a cocktail consisting of: One part 151 Bacardi Rum One part 101 Wild Turkey Whisky This drink is flammable...

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List of Oklahoma State Symbols

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Roger L. Simon

Roger L. Simon is a successful mystery author and screenwriter living in California. Partial Booklist The Mama Tass manifesto, a novel Dead Meet Heir (1969) The Big Fix (1974) 0671039067 Wild Turkey (1976) Peking Duck (1979) California Roll (1985) 0394537114 The Straight Man (1986) 0743413202...

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Ocellated Turkey

. Distribution map A more colourful bird than it's northern relative the Wild Turkey, this species has a... lacks the tuft-like beard found on the chest of male and some females of the Wild Turkey. Female... Ocellated Turkey Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum...

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Allegan State Game Area

Kalamazoo. During hunting season, many come to hunt whitetail deer, Canadian geese and wild turkeys. Trails...

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Galliformes

Galliformes Wild Turkey Scientific classification : Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class... containing the turkeys, grouse, quails and pheasants. About 256 species are found worldwide. These birds...: Meleagrididae, turkeys Family: Mesitornithidae, mesites The buttonquail family is traditionally listed...

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American Turkey Oak

popular food of the Wild Turkey... American Turkey Oak Spring foliage Scientific classification : Plantae Division...: laevis Binomial name Quercus laevis The American Turkey Oak ( Quercus laevis ) is a member...

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Helmeted Guineafowl

America, the native Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo was confused with this species. This led to the English name of the American bird, since Turkey and Guinea were equally far-off and exotic places...

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Pinnacles National Monument

, California Quail, Wild Turkey, and many other birds and mammals live in the area. Like many parks in central California, Pinnacles has a small problem with wild pigs (a mix of feral domestic pigs and imported wild boars) rototilling the landscape on a regular basis. There are several trails for day...

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Shenandoah National Park

hawks, and wild turkeys. Thirty-two species of fish have been seen in the park, including brook trout...

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