Japanese Word of the Day

七面鳥
しちめんちょう - shichimencho
七-seven (shichi), 面-face (men), 鳥-bird (cho)

turkey

Definitions

Japanese > English

七面鳥

1. n. a wild turkey

2. n. (by extension) a turkey (bird)

3. n. Usage: As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as シチメンチョウ