Turkey (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
Turkey primarily refers to:
- TurkeyTurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, or the Republic of Turkey, a present-day Eurasian country - The historic state of the Ottoman EmpireOttoman EmpireThe Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
- European Turkey, a term used for Ottoman territories in Europe
Birds
- Turkey (bird)Turkey (bird)A turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris. One species, Meleagris gallopavo, commonly known as the Wild Turkey, is native to the forests of North America. The domestic turkey is a descendant of this species...
, several species of large birds in the genus Meleagris native to North America and Mexico, including the Wild TurkeyWild TurkeyThe Wild Turkey is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which derives from the South Mexican subspecies of wild turkey .Adult wild turkeys have long reddish-yellow to grayish-green...
, Domestic turkey, and Ocellated TurkeyOcellated TurkeyThe Ocellated Turkey is a species of turkey residing primarily in the Yucatán Peninsula. A relative of the more common Wild Turkey , it was sometimes previously treated in a genus of its own but the differences between this species and Meleagris gallopavo are too small to justify generic... - Australian Brushturkey, also called Scrub Turkey or Bush Turkey, a species of mound-building bird from the family Megapodiidae found in eastern Australia
- Australian BustardAustralian BustardThe Australian Bustard, Ardeotis australis, is a large ground bird of grassland, woodland and open agricultural country across northern Australia and southern New Guinea. It is also commonly referred to in Central Australia as the Bush Turkey, particularly by Aboriginal people.The male is up to ...
, or Bush Turkey, a species of large ground bird in Australia and New Guinea - Turkey VultureTurkey VultureThe Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard , and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow...
, or Turkey Buzzard, a scavenger bird native to the Americas - Wild TurkeyWild TurkeyThe Wild Turkey is native to North America and is the heaviest member of the Galliformes. It is the same species as the domestic turkey, which derives from the South Mexican subspecies of wild turkey .Adult wild turkeys have long reddish-yellow to grayish-green...
People
- Turkey StearnesTurkey StearnesNorman Thomas "Turkey" Stearnes was an African American center fielder in the Negro leagues. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.-Early Life and career:...
(1901-1979), American baseball player - Turkey TayacTurkey TayacTurkey Tayac, legally Philip Sheridan Proctor , Piscataway Indian leader and herbal doctor; he was notable in Native American activism for tribal and cultural revival in the twentieth century...
(1895-1978), American Indian leader and herbal doctor
Other uses
- Cold turkeyCold turkey"Cold turkey" describes the actions of a person who abruptly gives up a habit or addiction rather than gradually easing the process through gradual reduction or by using replacement medication....
, withdrawal from addictive substances - Turkey, synonym for box office bombBox office bombThe phrase box office bomb refers to a film for which the production and marketing costs greatly exceeded the revenue regained by the movie studio. This should not be confused with Hollywood accounting when official figures show large losses, yet the movie is a financial success.A film's financial...
, in entertainment - The TurkeyThe Turkey"The Turkey" is an early short story by the American author Flannery O'Connor. It is one of the six stories included in O'Connor's 1947 master's thesis The Geranium: A Collection of Short Stories and was published in Mademoiselle in 1948 as "The Capture." It later appeared in the 1971 collection...
, short story by the American author Flannery O'ConnorFlannery O'ConnorMary Flannery O'Connor was an American novelist, short-story writer and essayist. An important voice in American literature, O'Connor wrote two novels and 32 short stories, as well as a number of reviews and commentaries... - Turkey (bowling), bowling term used to denote three consecutive strikes
- Turkey morayTurkey morayThe turkey moray, Gymnothorax meleagris, is a moray eel of the family Muraenidae, found in the Indo-Pacific oceans at depths down to 36 m. Its length is up to 1.2 m. They live in holes in the reef to quickly emergo to grap passing fish by surprise attack. They sense prey by detecting smell through...
, eel found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans - Turkey tower, type of cloud formation
- USS TurkeyUSS TurkeyUSS Turkey may refer to:, laid down on 19 August 1917 at Chester, Pennsylvania, laid down as YMS-444 on 16 November 1943 at Kingston, New York...
, a name used for two American minesweepersMinesweeper (ship)A minesweeper is a small naval warship designed to counter the threat posed by naval mines. Minesweepers generally detect then neutralize mines in advance of other naval operations.-History:...