单词 | turkey-poult |
释义 | > as lemmasturkey-poult turkey-poult n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Galliformes (fowls) > [noun] > member of Meleagrididae (turkey) > young turkey-chick1555 turkey-poult1694 1694 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) iv. lix. 243 Hortolans. Turkey-Cocks, Hen-Turkeys, and Turkey-poots. 1769 E. Raffald Experienced Eng. Housekeeper (1778) 373 Ducklings, Turkey Poults, Plovers. a1809 A. Seward Let. 25 Jan. (1811) I. 113 A Turkey-poot casting about with a pitiful poked-out neck, for its lost companion. 1850 D. J. Browne Amer. Poultry Yard 165 To eat turkey poults is a wasteful piece of luxury. < as lemmas |
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