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