Virtual Turkey Tour - A Few Turkey Terms

The caruncle is a natural reddish-pink fleshy growth on the head and upper neck of the turkey.

The snood is a long, red, natural fleshy growth from the base of the beak that hangs down over the beak.

The wattle is a bright red appendage at the neck.

The beard is a black lock of hair found on the chest of the male turkey.

The scientific classification of the domestic turkey is meleagris gallopavo.

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