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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Subject: domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
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Wenceslas Hollar - Turkeys.jpg
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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)


Artist Wenceslaus Hollar (1607–1677)  
Title Turkeys.
Date Unknown date (author lived 1607-1677)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wenceslas_Hollar_-_Turkeys.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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