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Need to report a problem with a meat, poultry or egg products?—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025 The highly pathogenic Eurasian H5N1 strain of bird flu began causing problems for North American poultry and wild birds in February 2022.—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 17 Dec. 2025 Bird flu already had been detected in poultry flocks in Wisconsin.—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Dec. 2025 Add poultry seasoning and Parmesan for extra flavor.—Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 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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