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For instance, the Mediterranean diet allows meat and poultry.—Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 23 Oct. 2025 Most of the poultry farms applying litter are in Arkansas, according to court testimony.—Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025 Keep poultry indoors at night, and seal any gaps.—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025 Marbled meats, skin-on poultry, bacon and cheesy toppings are especially prone to AGE formation, McCormick noted.—Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 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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