wild turkey

noun

1. the ancestral species of the domesticated turkey. Compare turkey ( def 1 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of wild turkey¹

An Americanism dating back to 1605–15

Example Sentences

Drop some acid, down five shots of Wild Turkey, hit the bong, down some edibles and shrooms then snort some Adderall and cocaine to top it off – then it might make sense.

From Salon

He was a political grifter with a southern smile, a soft handshake and in his later years a warbling cadence and voice that reminded one of a wild turkey with distemper wandering through the woods, lost, proud and very vocal.

From Salon

The findings shed new light on how climate change may affect wild turkey populations.

From Science Daily

"We wanted to know how weather influences nesting success right now, and then use that data to assess how climate change may influence wild turkey populations in the future," says Wesley Boone, corresponding author of a paper on the work and a postdoctoral researcher at North Carolina State University.

From Science Daily

A new study finds that precipitation levels during nesting season are not related to reproductive success for wild turkeys, which runs counter to the conventional wisdom regarding the role that rainfall plays in wild turkey nesting success.

From Science Daily