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poultrylike

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poul⋅try

  [pohl-tree]
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–noun
domesticated fowl collectively, esp. those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME pulletrie < MF pouleterie. See pullet, -ery

Related forms:
poul⋅try⋅less, adjective
poul⋅try⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

poultry 
1345, from O.Fr. pouletrie "domestic fowl" (1280), from poulet "young fowl" (see pullet). Poulterer (1638) is a redundancy, but has largely ousted orig. poulter (c.1400), from O.Fr. pouletier "poulterer," with agent suffix -er. Poetic poulter's measure (1576) is of fanciful origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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