'Poultry' definitions:
Definition of 'poultry'
(from WordNet)
noun
A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl [syn: domestic fowl, fowl, poultry]
noun
Flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
Definition of 'Poultry'
From: GCIDE
- Poultry \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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'poultry'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Bantam,
- banty,
- barn-door fowl,
- barnyard fowl,
- biddy,
- broiler,
- brooder,
- broody hen,
- capon,
- chanticleer,
- chick,
- chickabiddy,
- chicken,
- chicky,
- cock,
- cockerel,
- domestic fowl,
- drake,
- duck,
- duckling,
- dunghill fowl,
- fowl,
- fryer,
- game fowl,
- gander,
- gobbler,
- goose,
- gosling,
- guinea cock,
- guinea fowl,
- guinea hen,
- hen,
- hen turkey,
- partlet,
- poulard,
- poult,
- pullet,
- roaster,
- rooster,
- setting hen,
- spring chicken,
- stewing chicken,
- tom,
- tom turkey,
- turkey,
- turkey gobbler,
- turkey-cock