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Meanings of meleagris in English

Russian
индюшки
Portuguese
peru
Spanish
chumpe
Catalan
gall dindi
Wikidata

Genus of birds.

Related terms
индюшки
Catalan
genus meleagris
Spanish
género meleagris

Type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys.

genus meleagris
Usage of meleagris in English
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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