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Webster 1913 Edition


Poultry

Poul′try

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Poultry

POULTRY

,
Noun.
[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.

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Poultry

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English

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Poultry

  1. a street in the City between Cheapside and Cornhill

poultry

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English

Noun

poultry (usually uncountable, plural poultries)

  1. domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs)
  2. the meat from a domestic fowl

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