TURKEY DAY
Newark, NEW JERSEY — “Meleagris Gallopavo Day” is a bit of a mouthful. Which may be why this Thanksgiving, most people will opt for the less ornithologically precise “Turkey Day.”
And just as turkey is a versatile meat – think of those leftover options! – so too is the word “turkey,” which can...

![The bird has become so associated with harvest-time celebratory dinners that we’ve been calling Thanksgiving “Turkey Day” since at least 1870. Other interesting turkey ‘facts’ in story on this page. [photo: The Conversation] Flock of turkeys](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/talking_turkey_.jpg?itok=OoFzJ_GY)