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The old English language did not have a world for turkey (the bird). It was not a known animal at the time.

Based on the fact that deer, horses and cattle were all known as cattle and they more primitive forms of English only had names for three colours, it is likely that a turkey would be known as a fowl ("fugol" as it was then) or "bird" (as spelled then "brid", a chick or fledgeling)

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