Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Turkey \Tur"key\, n. [Cf. 2d {Turkey}.]
   An empire in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

   {Turkey carpet}, a superior kind of carpet made in Asia Minor
      and adjoining countries, having a deep pile and composed
      of pure wool with a weft of different material. It is
      distinguishable by its coloring and patterns from similar
      carpets made in India and elsewhere.

   {Turkey oak}. (Bot.) See {Cerris}.

   {Turkey red}.
   (a) A brilliant red imparted by madder to cottons, calicoes,
       etc., the fiber of which has been prepared previously
       with oil or other fatty matter.
   (b) Cloth dyed with this red.

   {Turkey sponge}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Toilet sponge}, under
      {Sponge}.

   {Turkey stone}, a kind of oilstone from Turkey; novaculite;
      -- called also {Turkey oilstone}.

Turkey \Tur"key\, n.; pl. {Turkeys}. [So called because it was
   formerly erroneously believed that it came originally from
   Turkey: cf. F. Turquie Turkey. See {Turk}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any large American gallinaceous bird belonging to the genus
   {Meleagris}, especially the North American wild turkey
   ({Meleagris gallopavo}), and the domestic turkey, which was
   probably derived from the Mexican wild turkey, but had been
   domesticated by the Indians long before the discovery of
   America.

   Note: The Mexican wild turkey is now considered a variety of
         the northern species (var. Mexicana). Its tall feathers
         and coverts are tipped with white instead of brownish
         chestnut, and its flesh is white. The Central American,
         or ocellated, turkey ({M. ocellata}) is more elegantly
         colored than the common species. See under {Ocellated}.
         The Australian, or native, turkey is a bustard
         ({Choriotis australis}). See under {Native}.

   {Turkey beard} (Bot.), a name of certain American perennial
      liliaceous herbs of the genus {Xerophyllum}. They have a
      dense tuft of hard, narrowly linear radical leaves, and a
      long raceme of small whitish flowers. Also called
      {turkey's beard}.

   {Turkey berry} (Bot.), a West Indian name for the fruit of
      certain kinds of nightshade ({Solanum mammosum}, and {S.
      torvum}).

   {Turkey bird} (Zo["o]l.), the wryneck. So called because it
      erects and ruffles the feathers of its neck when
      disturbed. [Prov. Eng.]

   {Turkey buzzard} (Zo["o]l.), a black or nearly black buzzard
      ({Cathartes aura}), abundant in the Southern United
      States. It is so called because its naked and warty head
      and neck resemble those of a turkey. Its is noted for its
      high and graceful flight. Called also {turkey vulture}.

   {Turkey cock} (Zo["o]l.), a male turkey.

   {Turkey hen} (Zo["o]l.), a female turkey.

   {Turkey pout} (Zo["o]l.), a young turkey. [R.]

   {Turkey vulture} (Zo["o]l.), the turkey buzzard.

Source : WordNet®

turkey
     n 1: large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely
          domesticated for food [syn: {Meleagris gallopavo}]
     2: a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved
        independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923 [syn: {Republic
        of Turkey}]
     3: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some
        joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: {joker}]
     4: flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
     5: an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the
        first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a
        dud as far as new business was concerned" [syn: {bomb}, {dud}]
     6: wild turkey of Central America and northern South America
        [syn: {ocellated turkey}, {Agriocharis ocellata}]