Meleagrididae
plural noun
Mele·agrid·i·dae
ˌmelēəˈgridəˌdē
: a family of large North American birds (order Galliformes) that comprise the turkeys and a few extinct related birds and are sometimes placed in a subfamily of Phasianidae
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Meleagrid-, Meleagris, type genus + -idae