domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Artist Paul Gauguin (1848–1903)
Title Title for Le Sourire (Composition with a Turkey)
Date 1900
Medium woodcut on paper
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gauguin_Le_Sourire_K_65.jpg
The domesticated turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is a large poultry bird, domestic form of the wild turkey. The English language name for this species results from an early misidentification of the bird with an unrelated species which was imported to Europe through the country of Turkey.
