By rbarnett | Published: November 29, 2011
One account of the discovery of turkeys in the New World credits a Jewish interpreter with Christopher Columbus. He proposed the Hebrew name Tukki,”which refers to peacocks in the Hebrew Scriptures (1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21). The account appears plausible, given that male turkeys and peacocks display their tail feathers in a similar [...]
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