poultry
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- noun
- /ˈpoʊltri/
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- The farmer specializes in raising various types of poultry, including ducks and geese, for their meat and eggs.
- poultry farms
- live poultry
- poultry industry
No, duck is not considered seafood, but it is a type of poultry.
- No, duck is not considered seafood, but it is a type of poultry.
- And beyond that, it's infecting humans, and it's infecting, we're seeing human cases in dairy and poultry workers.
- It's like Restore for cows and it's and next is in the poultry and then the pork.
Examples
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One of the most dynamic agribusiness trades in the world is the poultry industry.
Academic text (2013) -
As the South Asians have gotten richer, the easiest kind of meat to grow is poultry, chicken and ducks and geese.
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Some of them say switch red meat for poultry and fish.
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The student teacher announced a field trip to a poultry farm for the next day's lesson.
Academic text (1997) -
Every summer, Belfast used to have a poultry festival with rides and activities in the city park.
Fiction book (1994) -
Poultry and eggs were down to a seasonal low.
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Several smaller businesses have also come online, ranging from a poultry farm to a busy neighborhood deli.
Academic text (1995) -
Puerto Rican producers in 1993 turned out 122 million pounds of poultry, all consumed on the island.
Academic text (1994) -
Livestock farms raised pigs, cattle, calves, sheep, goats, horses, poultry, fish, and other animals.
Academic text (2011) -
Experimental procedure: A total of 40-day-old chicks were reared in the experimental poultry shed of the UVAS, Lahore.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
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2.2
A bird like a chicken kept for eggs or meat
Birds like chickens and ducks that people keep for eggs or meat
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Poultry comes from the old Latin word pullus meaning 'young animal' and from the French poule meaning 'hen'. So poultry originally named the farm birds you raise for eggs or meat, which is why today it means chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese.