Etymology
From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (hen), from Latin pullus (chick).
Noun
poultry (usually uncountable, plural poultries)
- Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs).
- When I was twelve, my mother got some chickens, and during that year, it seemed as if we were starting a poultry farm!
- The meat from a domestic fowl.
- We had plenty of poultry to eat at the end of the year.
Derived terms
- poultry wire
- poultryman
- poultrywoman
Related terms
- poult
- poulter
- poulterer
- pullet
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