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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
Subject: domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
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David Cox - Study of Turkeys - Google Art Project.jpg
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domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)


Artist David Cox (1783–1859)
Title Study of Turkeys
Object type drawing
Date 1840s
Medium Watercolor over graphite; verso: graphite on medium slightly textured beige wove paper
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:David_Cox_-_Study_of_Turkeys_-_Google_Art_Project.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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