Meanings
wild turkey1
nounwild turkey (plural wild turkeys)
plural wild turkeys
- A large gamebird, Meleagris gallopavo, native to North America.
Wild Turkey2
proper noun
- A brand of bourbon whiskey from Kentucky.
"Want to check out Waikiki East. I hear they got a fresh shipment of Wild Turkey."
2005, Gregory G Sarno, When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again: Three Soldiers, Three Wars, page 2622 more examples
When tie had gotten a steroid prescription then, the doctor's office had been seedy and the doctor himself had smelled of Wild Turkey.
1994, Tim Green, Ruffians: A Novel, page 51From behind a cardboard grocery carton of toilet paper I took a bottle of Wild Turkey.
1999, Anne Rivers Siddons, Low Country, page 142
Translations
Arabic دِيك رُومِي
- دِيك رُومِي (dīk rūmī)Meleagris gallopavo
Bengali তিতির
- তিতির (titir)Meleagris gallopavo
Bulgarian пуйка, мисирка
- пуйка (pujka)Meleagris gallopavo
- мисирка (misirka)Meleagris gallopavo
Catalan gall dindi
- gall dindiMeleagris gallopavo
Chinese Mandarin 野火雞 /野火鸡, 火鸡
- 野火雞 /野火鸡 (yěhuǒjī)Meleagris gallopavo
- 火鸡 (huoji)Meleagris gallopavo
Czech krocan divoký
- krocan divokýMeleagris gallopavo
Danish kalkun
- kalkunMeleagris gallopavo
Dutch kalkoen
- kalkoenMeleagris gallopavo
Estonian kalkun
- kalkunMeleagris gallopavo
Finnish kalkkuna
- kalkkunaMeleagris gallopavo
French dindon sauvage, dinde
- dindon sauvageMeleagris gallopavo
- dindeMeleagris gallopavo
German Truthuhn, Wildes Truthuhn
- TruthuhnMeleagris gallopavo
- Wildes TruthuhnMeleagris gallopavo
- WildtruthuhnMeleagris gallopavo
Greek γαλοπούλα
- γαλοπούλα (galopoúla)Meleagris gallopavo
Hebrew תרנגול הודו \ תַּרְנְגוֹל הֹדּוּ
- תרנגול הודו \ תַּרְנְגוֹל הֹדּוּ (tarnegól hódu)Meleagris gallopavo
Hungarian vadpulyka
- vadpulykaMeleagris gallopavo
Indonesian kalkun
- kalkunMeleagris gallopavo
Irish turcaí, turcach
- turcaíMeleagris gallopavo
- turcachMeleagris gallopavo
Italian tacchino
- tacchinoMeleagris gallopavo
Japanese 七面鳥
- 七面鳥 (shichimencho)Meleagris gallopavo
Korean 칠면조
- 칠면조 (chilmyeonjo)Meleagris gallopavo
Malay Ayam Piru, Ayam Belanda
- Ayam PiruMeleagris gallopavo
- Ayam BelandaMeleagris gallopavo
Norwegian Bokmål kalkun
- kalkunMeleagris gallopavo
Persian بوقلمون
- بوقلمون (bôgalamôn)Meleagris gallopavo
Polish indyk
- indykMeleagris gallopavo
Portuguese peru
- peruMeleagris gallopavo
Russian инде́йка
- инде́йка (indéjka)Meleagris gallopavo
Scottish Gaelic cearc frangach
- cearc frangachMeleagris gallopavo
Spanish pavo, guajolote
- pavoMeleagris gallopavo
- guajoloteMeleagris gallopavo
- chumpipeMeleagris gallopavo
Swahili kalkon
- kalkonMeleagris gallopavo
Turkish hindi
- hindiMeleagris gallopavo
Vietnamese gà tây, gà lôi
- gà tâyMeleagris gallopavo
- gà lôiMeleagris gallopavo
Yiddish אינדיק
- אינדיק (indik)Meleagris gallopavo
Cite this entry
APA
wild turkey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20turkey
MLA
“wild turkey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wild%20turkey. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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