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Poultry definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POULTRY, n. [L. pullus, a chicken, or other young animal; allied to Eng. foal; L. pullulo.] Domestic fowls which are propagated and fed for the table,such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks and geese.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl [syn: domestic fowl, fowl, poultry]
2: flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English pultrie, from Anglo-French pulletrie, from pulleter poulterer, from pullet chicken — more at pullet Date: 14th century domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. domestic fowls (ducks, geese, turkeys, chickens, etc.), esp. as a source of food. Etymology: ME f. OF pouletrie (as POULTERER)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Poultry Poul"try, n. [From Poult.] Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

You can refer to chickens, ducks, and other birds that are kept for their eggs and meat as poultry. N-PLURAL • Meat from these birds is also referred to as poultry. The menu features roast meats and poultry.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Domestic fowls.

Moby Thesaurus

Bantam, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, biddy, broiler, brooder, broody hen, capon, chanticleer, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicky, cock, cockerel, domestic fowl, drake, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, fowl, fryer, game fowl, gander, gobbler, goose, gosling, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, hen, hen turkey, partlet, poulard, poult, pullet, roaster, rooster, setting hen, spring chicken, stewing chicken, tom, tom turkey, turkey, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock