Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
poul·try
\\ˈpōl-trē\\ noun ETYMOLOGY Middle English pultrie, from Anglo-French pulletrie, from pulleter poulterer, from pullet chicken — more at pullet
DATE 14th century
: domesticated birds kept for eggs or meat
poultry
1345, from O.Fr. pouletrie "domestic fowl" (1280), from poulet "young fowl" (see pullet). Poulterer (1638) is a redundancy, but has largely ousted orig. poulter (c.1400), from O.Fr. pouletier "poulterer," with agent suffix -er. Poetic poulter's measure (1576) is of fanciful origin.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
poultrypoult·ry /
5pEultri;
NAmE 5pou- /
noun1. [pl.] chickens,
ducks
and
geese
, kept for their meat or eggs
家禽:
to keep poultry 饲养家禽
poultry farming 养禽业2. [U] meat from chickens,
ducks
and
geese
禽的肉:
Eat plenty of fish and poultry. 要多吃鱼和禽肉。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of Englishpoultry
noun
ADJ. free-range
VERB + POULTRY keep, rear He rears rabbits and poultry in the garden.
POULTRY + NOUN farming, industry | dish a wine that goes well with fish and poultry dishes
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
poul·try
\ˈpōl.trē, -ri\ noun
(-es)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English pultrie, from Middle French pouleterie, from Old French, from pouletier + -ie -y
: domesticated birds that serve as a source of eggs or meat and that include among commercially important kinds chickens, turkeys, ducks, and geese and among kinds chiefly of local interest guinea fowl, peafowl, pigeons, pheasants, and others