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Minnesota has had far more cases of avian influenza in poultry — mostly in commercial turkeys.—Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 24 Mar. 2025 Line speeds refer to the rate at which animals are slaughtered and processed per minute on production lines in poultry and meatpacking plants.—Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025 Kennedy has also made troubling statements about letting H5N1 avian influenza rip through poultry farms to identify birds that are immune, which scientists say would be devastating to flocks and also ineffective.—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2025 However, all other categories including poultry, pork, milk, and frozen food experienced average price declines.—Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 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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