poultry
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domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
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| —n | |
| domestic fowls collectively | |
| [C14: from Old French pouletrie, from pouletier poultry-dealer] | |
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Word Origin & History
poultry
mid-14c., from O.Fr. pouletrie "domestic fowl" (late 13c.), from poulet "young fowl" (see pullet). Poulterer (1630s) is a redundancy, but has largely ousted original poulter (c.1400), from O.Fr. pouletier "poulterer," with agent suffix -er. Poetic poulter's measure (1570s) is of fanciful origin.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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poultry
in animal husbandry, birds raised commercially or domestically for meat, eggs, and feathers. Chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese are of primary commercial importance, while guinea fowl and squabs are chiefly of local interest
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Flu viruses that rain into this sea of poultry in wild-bird droppings can spread and swap genes with abandon.
The water splashing off of poultry can toss bacteria around your entire food preparation area.
It defines a serving as only two to three ounces of cooked meat, fish or poultry.
The poultry will be delivered in one to three hours.
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