POULTRY

poultry

(noun) flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

poultry (usually uncountable, plural poultries)

Domestic fowl (e.g. chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese) raised for food (either meat or eggs).

The meat from a domestic fowl.

Etymology

Home of medieval feather dealers and stuffers.

Proper noun

Poultry

A street in the City of London between Cheapside and Cornhill (at Bank).

Source: Wiktionary


Poul"try, n. Etym: [From Poult.]

Definition: Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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