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Meanings of meleagris in anglès

rus
индюшки
portuguès
peru
espanyol
chumpe
català
gall dindi
Wikidata

Genus of birds.

Related terms
gall dindi
català
genus meleagris
espanyol
género meleagris

Type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys.

genus meleagris
Usage of meleagris in anglès
1
I like the meleagris's folk name of Sulky Ladies - it exactly suits their teenage self-consciousness.
The Guardian
2
The common snake's head fritillaria, F meleagris, has made itself at home at the lower end of the Spring Garden, which floods regularly.
The Guardian
3
Around the pond, I planted loads of Fritillaria meleagris, and every year, something pulls the heads off just as they come into full bloom.
The Guardian
4
8, before noon, and about this time Major Purviance shot at a large wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), knocking it off a bank into the water.
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