poultry
[pohl-tree]
- domesticated fowl collectively, especially those valued for their meat and eggs, as chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, and guinea fowl.
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Origin of poultry
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Contemporary Examples
Same for driveway pavers and meat and poultry plant workers.
However, apart from the poultry, which is of the lowest FDA grade, soy protein plays a role in everything served.
Include foods like soybeans, low-fat dairy, fish, meat and poultry, suggests Zied.
Most of the infections were found in people with direct exposure to poultry.
Both Russia and the United States also agreed to new standards and health protocols for the U.S. export of poultry, pork and beef.
Historical Examples
The woman ancestor kitchen-gardened, spun, wove, and nourished the poultry.
The SpendersHarry Leon Wilson
(a) How does the composition of poultry compare with that of meat?
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
The composition of poultry is very similar to that of meats.
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What effect do the feeding and care of poultry have upon it as food?
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Would it please you to give us some poultry to feed them with?
Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward IICharlotte Mary Yonge
poultry
- domestic fowls collectively
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Word Origin
C14: from Old French pouletrie, from pouletier poultry-dealer
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Word Origin and History for poultry
n.
"domestic fowls," late 14c. (mid-14c. as "place where poultry is sold"), from Old French pouletrie "domestic fowl" (late 13c.), from pouletier "dealer in domestic fowl," from poulet "young fowl" (see pullet).
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