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Meanings of genus meleagris in English

Catalan
genus meleagris
Spanish
género meleagris

Type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys.

        genus meleagris
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        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.
        Voyage of the Paper Canoe / A Geographical Journey of 2500 Miles...
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