meleagris

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	meleagris gallopavo, turkey,
definition	:	large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family meleagrididae, meleagrididae,
definition	:	turkeys and some extinct forms (noun.animal)