POULTRY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poultry mean? 

• POULTRY (noun)
  The noun POULTRY has 2 senses:

1. a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

2. flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

  Familiarity information: POULTRY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POULTRY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

domestic fowl; fowl; poultry

Hypernyms ("poultry" is a kind of...):

gallinacean; gallinaceous bird (heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds)

Meronyms (parts of "poultry"):

saddle (posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl)

poultry (flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poultry"):

Plymouth Rock (an American breed of domestic fowl)

guinea; guinea fowl; Numida meleagris (a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world)

Meleagris gallopavo; turkey (large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food)

bantam (any of various small breeds of fowl)

chicken; Gallus gallus (a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl)

cochin; cochin china (Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs)

game fowl (any of several breeds reared for cockfighting)

Rock Cornish (small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl)

Cornish; Cornish fowl (English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters)

Dorking (an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled))

Holonyms ("poultry" is a member of...):

Gallus; genus Gallus (common domestic birds and related forms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("poultry" is a kind of...):

bird; fowl (the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poultry"):

chicken; poulet; volaille (the flesh of a chicken used for food)

Rock Cornish hen (flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting)

guinea hen (flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens))

dove; squab (flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled)

duck (flesh of a duck (domestic or wild))

goose (flesh of a goose (domestic or wild))

turkey (flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted)

Holonyms ("poultry" is a part of...):

domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)

 Context examples 

You get it from eating raw or undercooked poultry.

(Campylobacter Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The study found a positive association between intakes of red meat and poultry, and risk of developing diabetes.

(Eating Meat Linked to Higher Risk of Diabetes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Bird flu viruses infect birds, including chickens, other poultry, and wild birds such as ducks.

(Bird Flu, NIH)

“Here you are, ‘Mrs. Oakshott, 117, Brixton Road, egg and poultry supplier.’”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Her home and her housekeeping, her parish and her poultry, and all their dependent concerns, had not yet lost their charms.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Organic meat, poultry, eggs, and dairy products come from animals that are given no antibiotics or growth hormones.

(Organic food, NCI Thesaurus)

You can get B vitamins from proteins such as fish, poultry, meat, eggs, and dairy products.

(B Vitamins, NIH)

Carnitine is made in muscle and liver tissue and is found in certain foods, such as meat, poultry, fish, and some dairy products.

(acetyl-L-carnitine, NCI Dictionary)

A small, commonly white-colored breed of poultry that is renowned for its ability to produce up to 300 chalk white eggs per year.

(Leghorn Chicken, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of carnitine, which is a substance made in muscle and liver tissue and found in certain foods, such as meat, poultry, fish, and some dairy products.

(Carnitor, NCI Dictionary)