Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Meleagris \Mel`e*a"gris\, n. [L., the Guinea fowl.] (Zo["o]l.)
   A genus of American gallinaceous birds, including the common
   and the wild turkeys.

Source : WordNet®

Meleagris
     n : type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys
         [syn: {genus Meleagris}]