family Meleagrididae
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| Noun | 1. |  family Meleagrididae - turkeys and some extinct forms bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Galliformes, order Galliformes - pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins genus Meleagris, Meleagris - type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys Agriocharis, genus Agriocharis - a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey |