If you've ever studied a turkey's face up close, you'll notice lots of skin protrusions. On male turkeys, what is the term for the long fleshy object over his beak?

The snood is the fleshy protuberance you can find on the forehead of turkeys. The snood changes color and size depending on what mood the turkey is in. Turkeys in the wild have larger snoods, as domesticated turkeys have been bred over time to lose their snoods. The umbrella term for the small, fleshy excrescences that can be found on turkeys are "caruncles".

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