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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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n.
the little brown crane, Grus canadensis.
See: wild turkey
Quotations
1795
They are generally esteemed good eating, and, from the form of the body when fit for the spit, they acquire the name of the North West turkey.
1955
In some quarters these lanky birds have been locally known as "turkeys" although one even slightly familiar with the long-legged creatures is at a loss to account for this misleading name.
1956
Brown Crane [is also called] wild turkey (Often shortened to "turkey." Man., Sask., Alta.).