turkey cock
Strutting farm bird
A turkey cock is an adult male turkey—the large bird with the fanning tail and red wattle.
The term also describes a pompous, strutting person, evoking the bird's puffed-up display: He paraded around the office like a turkey cock.
- tomMale cat or turkey
- gobblerMale turkey, or glutton
- snoodMesh bag for hair
- strutterOne who walks proudly
- mating danceRitualized movements seeking reproduction
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