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dendon

DE-ndon

turkey

Generalnoun

French: le dindon / la dinde

Tolambi dendon na Noel.

We cook turkey at Christmas.

Nous cuisinons de la dinde à Noël.

Turkey — the bird of a special-day table. Dendon (from the French dindon) is a turkey. Larger than the everyday chicken, a dendon marks a feast — Christmas, a wedding — when the family eats well together.

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