What does 🦃 Turkey mean?
A turkey with its tail feathers fanned out. In the United States it is the symbol of Thanksgiving, and in the UK it is the traditional Christmas roast. Bowlers call three strikes in a row a turkey, and quitting something “cold turkey” means stopping abruptly. It can also playfully call someone a silly turkey. Farmers and hunters use it literally too.
🦃 Turkey is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (birds), added in Emoji 1.0 in 2015. People use it in messages about bird, gobble and thanksgiving.
Example messages
🦃 Turkey on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Turkey looks on each platform.
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Turkey emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Turkey emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🦃 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :turkey:.
When was the Turkey emoji added?
🦃 Turkey was added in Emoji 1.0, released in 2015. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🦃 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Turkey. The underlying code (U+1F983) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.