poultry

Pronunciation: /ˈpɒltɹi/

The English word “poultry” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese) raised for food (meat, eggs, or both).
The meat from a domestic fowl.

Etymology

From Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouleterie, from poulet, diminutive of poule (“hen”), from Latin pullus (“chick”). By surface analysis, poult + -ry. For the development of Middle English /u/ to modern /oʊ/, /əʊ/ before /lt/, /ld/, /ln/, compare boult, boulder, colter/coulter, poultice, shoulder, won't.

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