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Definitions for: Poultry
[n] a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl
[n] flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: domestic fowl, fowl
See Also: bird, chicken, chicken, cochin, cochin china, Cornish, domestic fowl, Dorking, dove, duck, fowl, gallinaceon, gallinaceous bird, Gallus, Gallus gallus, game fowl, genus Gallus, goose, guinea, guinea fowl, guinea hen, Meleagris gallopavo, Numida meleagris, Plymouth Rock, poulet, poultry, poultry, Rock Cornish, Rock Cornish hen, saddle, squab, turkey, turkey, volaille
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