Turkey

noun

1. The guinea fowl (family Numididae).
2. A bird in the genus Meleagris with a fan-shaped tail and wattled neck, especially the wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo, now domesticated).
3. The flesh or meat of this bird eaten as food.

   "All week after Thanksgiving, I had turkey sandwiches for lunch."

4. With a distinguishing word: a bird resembling the Meleagris gallopavo (for example, the bush turkey or brush turkey (Alectura lathami), and the water turkey (Anhinga anhinga)).
5. An act of throwing three strikes in a row.