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The hotel's unexpected name is a nod, in part, to the 1930s-era Big Duck statue beloved by locals, built to celebrate Suffolk County’s then-famous specialty poultry.—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025 Fish and other lean protein sources, like poultry, beans, tofu, and eggs, also provide iron, zinc, vitamin B12, selenium, and magnesium, Petitpain said.—Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 3 Dec. 2025 Stir in the potato, leftover turkey, poultry seasoning and turkey gravy mix.—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025 Jake Vlaminck, president of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, told WCCO in a February interview that in the previous two years, poultry farmers installed 100 lasers across the state.—Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 28 Nov. 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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