turkey-like

Plump and wattled

Resembling a turkey in appearance, behavior, or movement.

The term typically describes birds with similar features—large bodies, bare heads, wattled necks, or strutting gaits: a turkey-like bird with iridescent plumage.

It can also characterize awkward, ungainly movement: He walked with a turkey-like waddle.

bird

fowl

Birds for the table

pheasant · grouse · quail · partridge · peafowl · curassow · bustard · wattle · caruncle · snood

gobble

gobbling

Eating fast and messily

fanning · puffing · drumming · yelping · purring · cackling · calling · vocalizing

Opposites
poultry type resemblance

turkey-likegoose-like

Resembling a goose

meat type

turkey-likepork

Pig as food

beef · lamb · ham · vegetarian

bird morphology

turkey-likeeagle-like

Resembling a large raptor

ostrich-like · sleek · streamlined · aquatic

Family

turkey, turkeys, like, liked, likes, liking, likeness, unlike, likely

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G