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turkey-cock
turkey-cock (ˈtɜːkɪˌkɒk) Also 6–7 Turkicock(e. [f. Turkey1 + cock n.1 In the 16th c. synonymous with Guinea-cock or Guinea-fowl, an African bird known to the ancients (the µελεαγρίς of Aristotle, meleagris of Varro and Pliny), the American bird being at first identified with or treated as a species ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Turkey (bird)
There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata In 1550, the English navigator William Strickland, who had introduced the turkey into England, was granted a coat of arms including a "turkey-cock in his wikipedia.org
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turkey-hen
turkey-hen [Cf. turkey-cock.] † 1. The guinea-hen. Obs.1552 Elyot, Meleagrides, byrdes, whiche we doo call hennes of Genny, or Turkie hennes. 1578 Lyte Dodoens ii. lii. 214 Called..Flos Meleagris..from a kinde of birde..whose feathers be speckled..not with Violet speckes, but with white and blacke s... Oxford English Dictionary
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Cockentrice
Cockentrice is a dish consisting of a suckling pig's upper body sewn onto the bottom half of a capon or turkey. The original name was cokagrys or cotagres, a portmanteau of "cock" and grys, a suckling pig. wikipedia.org
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turkey
turkey2 (ˈtɜːkɪ) Also 6–7 turkie, 6–8 turky. Pl. turkeys, formerly turkies. [Short for turkey-cock, -hen, app. applied orig. to the Guinea-fowl, a native of Africa, with which the American turkey was at first confounded: see turkey-cock.] † 1. The Guinea-fowl. Obs.[1552–1601: see turkey-cock 2, turk... Oxford English Dictionary
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William Strickland (navigator)
The association seems to have been accepted by his contemporaries since, when in 1550 he was granted a coat of arms, it included a "turkey-cock in his ) carved in the form of a turkey rather than the conventional eagle, the bible supported by its outspread tail feathers. wikipedia.org
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brissel-cock
† ˈbrissel-cock Obs. [Etymology uncertain; cf. bristle v. 2. Jamieson conjectures Brazil-cock.] A kind of fowl; ‘a turkey-cock’ (Jam.).c 1565 Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. (1728) 146 (Jam.) There was..Swan, partridge, plover, duck, drake, brissel-cock and pawnies, black-cock and muir-fowl, capercaill... Oxford English Dictionary
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Domestic turkey
His family coat of arms – showing a turkey cock as the family crest – is among the earliest known European depictions of a turkey. See also American Poultry Association List of turkey meat producing companies in the United States National Turkey Federation Ocellated turkey Turkey wikipedia.org
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guinea-cock
† guinea-cock Obs. The male of the guinea-fowl; the guinea-fowl (earlier called turkey-cock).1577 B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. iv. (1586) 166, I would faine learne the right ordring of their outlandish Birds, called Ginny Cocks, and Turky Cockes...before the yeere of our Lorde .1530. they were not see... Oxford English Dictionary
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Ian Jenkins (curator)
Jenkins led the British Museum's excavations at Cnidus (Knidos) in Turkey, a site visited by various scholars in the 19th century. Its history has been a series of good intentions marred by the occasional cock-up, and the 1930s cleaning was such a cock-up." wikipedia.org
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Birds, Beasts and Flowers
Mosquito Fish Bat Man and Bat REPTILES: Snake Baby Tortoise Tortoise Shell Tortoise Family Connections Lui et Elle Tortoise Gallantry Tortoise Shout BIRDS: Turkey-Cock wikipedia.org
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Caucasian grouse
The cock is very distinctive, with all-black plumage, apart from red eyebrows, and a long, deeply forked tail. The Caucasian grouse is a sedentary species, breeding in the Caucasus and Pontic Mountains of northeast Turkey and iran on open slopes with low Rhododendron wikipedia.org
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Music of Turkey
The folklore of Turkey is extremely diverse. Kanto: "first the introduction, then the lyrics, shake your shoulders to a violin, solo, cock your head and shimmy in oriental dance style, leap around wikipedia.org
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Coxon
league player Tom Coxon (18831942), English footballer See also Coxonclub.com - Life Stories of Coxon people Göksun, a town in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey sometimes Latinised as Coxon "The Coxon Fund", an 1894 short story by Henry James Cock (surname) Cocks (surname) Cox (surname) Coxe Coxen Coxsone wikipedia.org
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Elachista unifasciella
The larvae feed on Avenula pubescens, false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), creeping soft grass (Holcus mollis) and Distribution It is found from Sweden to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Great Britain to Russia and Turkey. wikipedia.org
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