E-mail Us           http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_turkey Domestic  turkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_turkey The domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird . The modern domesticated form descends from the wild turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ), one of the two species of turkey (genus Meleagris ); in the past the ocellated turkey ( Meleagris ocellata ) was