Turkeyling
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A young or little turkey; a poult.
"As he spoke, another cruel rap, a faint peep, and a third turkeyling lay stretched upon the green. The hen-mother by this time had taken the alarm, and hastily called off the remainder of her family."
Example
More examples"As he spoke, another cruel rap, a faint peep, and a third turkeyling lay stretched upon the green. The hen-mother by this time had taken the alarm, and hastily called off the remainder of her family."
Etymology
From turkey + -ling.
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