Peacock vs. Turkey

Peacocknoun

A male peafowl with brilliant blue or green iridescent tails.

Peacocknoun

A peafowl, either male or female.

Peacocknoun

A vainglorious person 14th c.

Peacocknoun

A male or female pheasant of the two genera: Pavo or Afropavo, whose males have extravagant tails.

Peacockverb

(intransitive) To strut about proudly.

Peacockverb

(intransitive) To engage in peacocking, ostentatious dress or behaviour to impress women.

Peacocknoun

The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

Peacocknoun

In common usage, the species in general or collectively; a peafowl.

Peacocknoun

European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

Peacocknoun

male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots

Peacocknoun

a male peafowl, which has very long tail feathers that have eye-like markings and can be erected and fanned out in display.

Peacocknoun

an ostentatious or vain person

Turkeynoun

Either of two species of bird in the genus Meleagris with fan-shaped tails and wattled necks.

Turkeynoun

(uncountable) The meat or flesh of this bird eaten as food

Turkeynoun

(colloquial) A failure.

Turkeynoun

A foolish or inept person.

Turkeynoun

(bowling) An act of throwing three strikes in a row.

Turkeynoun

(obsolete) The guinea fowl (Numida meleagris).

Turkeynoun

A patient feigning symptoms; a person faking illness or injury; a malingerer.

Turkeynoun

A large travel bag; a suitcase; a pack carried by a lumberman; a bindle.

Turkey

A country in the southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.

Turkeynoun

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.

Turkeynoun

large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food

Turkeynoun

a Eurasian republic in Asia Minor and the Balkans; achieved independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1923

Turkeynoun

a person who does something thoughtless or annoying;

Turkeynoun

flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted

Turkeynoun

an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual;

Turkeynoun

wild turkey of Central America and northern South America

Turkeynoun

a country comprising the whole of the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia, with a small portion in south-eastern Europe to the west of Istanbul; population 78,700,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Turkish; capital, Ankara.

Turkey

Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye [ˈtyɾcije]), officially the Republic of Turkey, is a country bridging Europe and Asia. It shares borders with Greece and Bulgaria to the northwest; the Black Sea to the north; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Iran to the east; Iraq to the southeast; Syria and the Mediterranean Sea to the south; and the Aegean Sea to the west.