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Query: Meleagris gallopavoResult: 138th of 222
domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Subject: domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Poster: Wiki Photos (---@---.---)
Page 118 illustration in English Fairy Tales.png
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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)


illustration from a book of fairy tales,
Date 1892
Source English Fairy Tales, Jacobs, J., 1895 New York : Grosset & Dunlap (2nd edition?) Boston Public Lib., obtained from englishfairytale1902jaco Illustrations in category may be from alternate scan Obtained from online scan's jpeg, converted to PNG, greyscale, black and white point adjustment and crop to content.
Author Henry Ryland (1856–1924)   
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Page_118_illustration_in_English_Fairy_Tales.png

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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