family Meleagrididae

Thesaurus

Noun

1.family Meleagrididae - turkeys and some extinct forms Meleagrididaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsGalliformes, order Galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzinsgenus Meleagris, Meleagris - type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeysAgriocharis, genus Agriocharis - a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey