meleagris : Idioms & Phrases
fritillaria meleagris
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noun Eurasian checkered lily with pendant flowers usually veined and checkered with purple or maroon on a pale ground and shaped like the bells carried by lepers in medieval times; widely grown as an ornamental
guinea-hen flower; checkered daffodil; snake's head fritillary; leper lily.
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genus meleagris
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noun type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys
Meleagris.
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meleagris gallopavo
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noun large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
turkey.
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numida meleagris
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noun a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
guinea fowl; guinea.
