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English
Etymology
Equivalent to turkey + cock; see turkey.
Noun
turkeycock (plural turkeycocks)
- A male turkey.
- Synonyms: tom, stag
- Hypernym: cock
- Coordinate terms: turkey-hen; peacock
- (by extension) A pompous or vainglorious person.
- Synonym: peacock
Translations
male turkey
- Asturian: pavu (ast)
- Bulgarian: пуяк m (pujak)
- Catalan: indiot (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 雄火雞／雄火鸡 (xióng huǒjī)
- Danish: please add this translation if you can
- Dutch: kalkoenhaan m, mannelijke kalkoen f
- Esperanto: meleagro
- Finnish: kalkkunakukko (fi)
- French: dindon (fr) m
- German: Truthahn (de) m, Puter (de) m, Truter m, männliches Truthuhn m, Puthahn m
- Macedonian: ми́сир (mk) m (mísir)
- Polish: bufon (pl) m, bufonka f, nadęciak m, samochwała m or f, ważniak (pl) m, ważniaczka f
- Romanian: curcan (ro) m
- Russian: индю́к (ru) m (indjúk)
- Scottish Gaelic: coileach-Frangach m
- Swedish: kalkontupp c
- Volapük: dindun manik
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