Snood: A fleshy flap that hangs from the beak. While both the male and female have spurs, wattles, caruncles, and snoods, they are far smaller and less distinctive on the female.

Similarly, what is the thing hanging from a turkey chest? A wattle is a fleshy flap of skin under the turkeys chin that some people may call a dewlap. The dewlap is more prominent in males than females. A male turkey has a beard that hangs off of its chest. It is made of coarse, rough feathers.

Similarly, can you eat a turkey snood?

The wild turkey has a much more developed snood, and some ocellated turkeys have such small snoods that they are not particularly noticeable. The snood is also not as variable or changeable on the ocellated turkey, though its length can change.

What is the flap on a turkey called?

snood