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    What is the name of the fleshy growth from the base of the beak that is very long on male turkeys and hangs down over the beak?

    Question #24507. Asked by BB. (Nov 24 02 3:33 AM)


    l3i7l

    		The SNOOD is the fleshy growth that hangs over a turkey's beak.

    http://www.aces.uiuc.edu/~vo-ag/ak17supp.pdf

    Nov 24 02, 5:44 AM
    Fosse4

    		In the Uk it's called the Wattle.

    Nov 24 02, 9:19 PM
    l3i7l

    		The WATTLE is the growth below the turkey's beak. The SNOOD grows from the base of the upper beak and hangs down over it.
    The bumpy, red, fleshy tissues covering its head and neck is called CARUNCLES.

    Nov 25 02, 2:26 AM

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