Hargraves said there were two theories as to why it is called a turkey. The turkey that we eat at Thanksgiving, genus meleagris, is a domesticated form of a wild bird which is still found widely in North America," Orin Hargraves, a lexicographer told Anadolu Agency. "The bird is called a turkey because of some confusions. The first confusion of the large bird we call a turkey was made in the Mediterranean country of Turkey, which is thought the bird could be originated from. The bird Americans associate with Thanksgiving has been referred to by different geographic locations in various languages across the globe. People have always wondered about the origin of turkey, a bird that has become a staple of Christmas dinner and inevitable part of Thanksgiving feast.
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