water turkey
1Water turkey — Wa ter tur key (Zo[ o]l.) The American snakebird. See {Snakebird}. [1913 Webster] …
2water turkey — ☆ water turkey n. ANHINGA …
3water turkey — Snakebird Snake bird , n. [So named from its snakelike neck.] (Zo[ o]l.) 1. Any one of four species of aquatic birds of the genus {Anhinga} or {Plotus}. They are allied to the gannets and cormorants, but have very long, slender, flexible necks,… …
4water turkey — noun blackish New World snakebird of swampy regions • Syn: ↑Anhinga anhinga • Hypernyms: ↑snakebird, ↑anhinga, ↑darter * * * noun : a New World snakebird (Anhinga anhinga) * * * anhinga. Als …
5water turkey — noun Date: 1836 the New World anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) …
6water turkey — anhinga. Also, waterturkey. [1830 40, Amer.] * * * …
7water turkey — anhinga …
8water turkey — wa′ter tur key or wa′ter•tur key n. orn anhinga • Etymology: 1830–40, amer …
9Turkey (bird) — For the familiar species, see Domestic turkey and Wild Turkey. For other uses, see Turkey (disambiguation). Meleagris redirects here. For other uses, see Meleagris (disambiguation). Turkey Temporal range: Early Miocene to Recent …
10turkey — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gobbler, tom; slang, failure, flop. See birds, failure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. turkey cock, turkey hen, bird, fowl, Thanksgiving bird, Christmas bird, gobbler, turkey gobbler, wild turkey, domestic… …