poultry flea

poul·try (p

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Domestic fowls, such as chickens, turkeys, ducks, or geese, raised for meat or eggs.

[Middle English pultrie, from Old French pouletrie, from pouletier, poultry dealer, from poulet, pullet; see pullet.]

poultry [ˈpəʊltrɪ]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) domestic fowls collectively

[from Old French pouletrie, from pouletier poultry-dealer]

poultry

domestic fowl, particularly those raised for food or laying eggs.

See also: Birds

poultry

fowl, poultry - Chickens, ducks, geese, pheasants, and turkey are fowl in the wild and poultry if domesticated.
free range - Supposed to mean that poultry is allowed to roam without being confined and is fed naturally grown crops, consuming only a vegetarian diet.
poultry, pullet - Poultry is derived from Latin pullus, "young animal" or "chicken"; a pullet is a young hen between the ages of a chicken and a mature fowl.
alektorophobia - Fear of chickens.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl domestic fowl, fowl gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds Dorking - an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled) Plymouth Rock - an American breed of domestic fowl Cornish fowl, Cornish - English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters Rock Cornish - small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl game fowl - any of several breeds reared for cockfighting cochin, cochin china - Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs genus Gallus, Gallus - common domestic birds and related forms Gallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl bantam - any of various small breeds of fowl Meleagris gallopavo, turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food guinea fowl, Numida meleagris, guinea - a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world saddle - posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
	2.	poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food 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) squab, dove - 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

poultry noun

Related words
collective noun run
fear alektorophobia

Translations

poultry [ˈpəʊltrɪ]

A. N (alive) → aves fpl de corral; (as food) → aves fpl

B. CPD poultry breeding N → avicultura f
poultry dealer N → recovero/a m/f, pollero/a m/f
poultry farm N → granja f avícola
poultry farmer N → avicultor(a) m/f
poultry farming N → avicultura f
poultry house N → gallinero m
poultry keeper N = poultry farmer poultry keeping N = poultry farming poultry shop N (US) → pollería f

poultry [ˈpəʊltri] n → volaille f
poultry farm n → élevage m de volailles
poultry farmer n → aviculteur/trice m/f

poultry

n → Geflügel nt

poultry:

poultry farm

n → Geflügelfarm f

poultry farmer

n → Geflügelzüchter(in) m(f)

poultry farming

n → Geflügelzucht f

poultry house

n → Hühnerhaus nt

poultryman

n (esp US) (= farmer) → Geflügelzüchter(in) m(f); (= dealer) → Geflügelhändler(in) m(f)

poultry [ˈpəʊltrɪ] n → pollame m

poultry

n poultry [ˈpəultri]

farmyard birds, eg hens, ducks, geese, turkeys They keep poultry. pluimvee طُيور، دواجِن домашни птици drůbež fjerkræ das Geflügel πουλερικά aves de corral, volatería sulgloomad مرغ و خروس siipikarja volaille עוֹף घरेलू पक्षी perad baromfi peternakan unggas alifuglar pollame 家きん類 가금 naminiai paukščiai, paukštiena mājputni ayam itik gevogelte fjærfe drób aves domésticas păsări de curte домашняя птица hydina perutnina živina fjäderfä สัตว์ปีก kümes hayvan(lar)ı 家禽 свійська птиця مرغي کا فارم gia cầm 家禽

n poulterer

a person who sells poultry (and game) as food We ordered a turkey from the poulterer. pluimveeboer بائِع طيور او دواجِن търговец на домашни птици и дивеч obchodník s drůbeží vildthandler der/die Geflügelhändler(in) έμπορος πουλερικών pollero linnulihamüüja فروشنده مرغ وخروس و طیور siipikarjan kasvattaja marchand/-ande de volailles מוֹכֵר עוֹפוֹת मुर्गी वाला peradar baromfi- és vadkereskedő pedagang ayam alifuglabóndi pollivendolo 鳥肉屋 가금상 paukštienos pardavėjas putnu gaļas pārdevējs penjual ayam itik poelier fjærfe-/vilthandler handlarz drobiu vendedor de aves vânzător de păsări (de curte) торговец домашней птицей, дичью obchodník s hydinou perutninar živinar fågel- och vilthandlare พ่อค้าสัตว์ปีก tavukçu 家禽販子 свійська птиця مرغي بيچنے والا người bán gia cầm 家禽贩子

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