noun
poultry
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noun
1
Domestic birds such as chickens, ducks, geese and turkeys, raised for meat or eggs.
"The farm keeps poultry alongside a small herd of dairy cows."
"Poultry prices rose sharply after the bird flu outbreak."
2
The meat from these birds.
"She prefers poultry to red meat for weeknight dinners."
How to Use Poultry
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA general word for farm birds and the meat that comes from them.
Common pairings
poultry farm
raise poultry
poultry industry
Word Forms
poultries plural
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Etymology
From Old French pouleterie, from poule ("hen"), ultimately from Latin pullus, "young animal" — the same root that gives us "pullet" and "foal".