HyperDic: poultry

English > 2 senses of the word *poultry*:
NOUN	animal	poultry, domestic fowl, fowl	a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
NOUN	food	poultry	flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

poultry > pronunciation
Sounds	pow'ltriy
Rhymes	accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy...

English > *poultry*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl.
Synonyms	domestic fowl, fowl
Member of	Gallus, genus Gallus	Common domestic birds and related forms
Parts	poultry	flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
Parts	saddle	Posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
Narrower	Cornish, Cornish fowl	English breed of compact domestic fowl
	Dorking	An English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled)
	Plymouth Rock	An American breed of domestic fowl
	Rock Cornish	small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl
	bantam	Any of various small breeds of fowl
	chicken, Gallus gallus	A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs
	cochin, cochin china	Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs
	game fowl	Any of several breeds reared for cockfighting
	guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris	A west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white
	turkey, Meleagris gallopavo	large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail
Broader	gallinaceous bird, gallinacean	Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds
Spanish	ave de corral
Catalan	aviram

English > *poultry*: 2 senses > noun 2, food
Meaning	flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food.
Part of	domestic fowl, fowl, poultry	A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
Narrower	Rock Cornish hen	flesh of a small fowl bred for roasting
	chicken, poulet, volaille	The flesh of a chicken used for food
	duck	flesh of a duck (domestic or wild)
	goose	flesh of a goose (domestic or wild)
	guinea hen	flesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens)
	squab, dove	flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising
	turkey	flesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted
Broader	bird, fowl	The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

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