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Poultry

//ˈpoʊltɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both). uncountable, usually

    "a poultry farmer"

  2. 2
    a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl wordnet
  3. 3
    The meat from a domestic fowl. uncountable, usually

    "the poultry counter"

  4. 4
    flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.

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