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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Subject: domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
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Fermes et châteaux cover 42.jpg
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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)


English: Front cover of Fermes & châteaux [Farms & castles], Issue 42, French magazine published in Paris by Pierre Lafitte.
Date February 1909
Author Spiessens
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fermes_et_ch%C3%A2teaux_cover_42.jpg

The domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a large poultry bird, domestic form of the wild turkey. The English language name for this species results from an early misidentification of the bird with an unrelated species which was imported to Europe through the country of Turkey.

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