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As always, animals will be at the forefront of the annual fair with shows for dairy cows, beef, swine, sheep and poultry taking over AGtivity Hall for showmanship competitions.—Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025 Torisho Ishii, which earned a Michelin star within its debut year, is a brilliant place to start, particularly for those who love poultry.—AFAR Media, 2 Sep. 2025 Offerings include small bites, larger appetizers, and entrees focused on seafood, poultry, lamb, and beef.—Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025 With the results of the study, Parsons said the long-term goal for poultry nutritionists is to move from total calcium requirements to digestible calcium levels.—Arkansas Online, 28 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for poultry
Word History
Etymology
Middle English pultrie, from Anglo-French pulletrie, from pulleter poulterer, from pullet chicken — more at pullet
Middle English pultrie "fowl raised for food," from early French pulletrie (same meaning), from pulleter "one who raises poultry," from pullet "chicken" — related to pullet
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