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meleagris
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun meleagris has 1 sense
- meleagris(n = noun.animal) genus meleagris - type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys; Array is a kind of bird genus
is a member of family meleagrididae, meleagrididae
CIDE DICTIONARY
meleagris, prop. n. [L., the Guinea fowl.].
A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common turkey and the wild turkeys . [1913 Webster]
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