ocellated turkey

ocellated turkey
noun
wild turkey of Central America and northern South America
Hypernyms: ↑gallinaceous bird, ↑gallinacean
Member Holonyms: ↑Agriocharis, ↑genus Agriocharis

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noun
: a wild turkey (Agriocharis ocellata) of Yucatan, Honduras, and Guatemala that is slightly smaller than the common turkey and has the tail feathers margined with rich coppery color and ocellated with greenish blue

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a wild turkey, Agriocharis ocellata, of Yucatán, Belize, and Guatemala, typically having green, blue, reddish-brown, and yellowish-brown plumage of a metallic luster and eyelike spots on the tail.
[1860-65]

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