domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

Query: Turkey

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Subject:	domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
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A scan of the book Aunt Louisa's Nursery Favourite.
Date 1870
Source http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl/BookPreview?bookid=valaunt_00361129&route=advanced&lang=English&msg=&ilang=English
Author Laura Valentine
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Valentine,_Laura_-_Aunt_Louisa%27s_Nursery_Favourite_-_0050.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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