(tûr′kē) noun plural ·keys
1. A large American bird (family Meleagridae) related to the pheasant, having the head naked and the tail extensible upward and sideward; especially, the American domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo): much esteemed as food.
2. A guinea fowl.
3. U. S. Slang A play (occasionally, a motion picture) that is a failure. [Short for turkey cock the guinea fowl, from Turkey; later applied erroneously to the American bird]

(tûr′kē)
A republic of Asia Minor and SE Europe; 296,108 square miles (Turkey in Asia, known as Anatolia, 287,043 square miles, Turkey in Europe, 9,065 square miles); capital, Ankara.