Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The placing of a fowl, as a stuffing, inside another fowl.
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A turducken is an engastration — a deboned chicken, stuffed inside a deboned duck, stuffed inside a deboned turkey like an avian matryoshka doll.
How the Turducken Stole Thanksgiving Ellen Goldberg 2023
sionnach commented on the word engastration
the act of stuffing one bird into another
April 30, 2008
sionnach commented on the word engastration
turducken!
July 31, 2008
sionnach commented on the word engastration
See also cockenthrice
November 18, 2008
mtc commented on the word engastration
Great choice on this our national day of gastronomic excess (aka "Thanksgiving.") Here is a link to images of engastration including medieval delicacies like the Helmeted Cock, Pandora's Box, and the cockenthrice.
(http://nursemyra.wordpress.com/2010/02/01/the-engastration-of-a-helmeted-cock/)
November 22, 2012