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'''Poultry''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|oʊ|l|t|r|i}}) are [[domesticated]] [[bird]]sbirds kept by [[human]]s for the purpose of harvesting useful [[animal product]]s such as [[meat]], [[egg (food) |eggs]] or [[feather]]s,<ref>{{Cite web|date= 2017-08-14|title=Consider These 6 Types Of Poultry For Your Farm|url= https://www.hobbyfarms.com/poultry-types-consider-farm/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Hobby Farms|language=en-US}}</ref> and the practice of [[animal husbandry|raising]] poultry is known as [[poultry farming]]. These birds are most typically members of the [[Superorder (biology)|superorder]] [[Galloanserae]] ([[fowl]]), especially the order [[Galliformes]] (which includes [[chicken]]s, [[quail]]s, and [[domestic turkey| turkey]]s).<ref>{{Cite web|date= 2008-04-22|title= Fowl|url= https://animals.howstuffworks.com/birds/fowl.htm|access-date= 2021-01-20|website=HowStuffWorks|language=en}}</ref> The term also includes [[waterfowl]]s of the family [[Anatidae]] ([[duck]]s and [[geese]]) and other flying birds that are kept and killed for their meat such as the young [[pigeon]]s (known as [[squab (food) |squabs]]), but does not include wild birds hunted for food known as [[game (hunting)|game]] or [[wild meat|quarry]].
 
The word "poultry" comes from [[Middle English]] ''pultry'' or ''pultrie'', itself derived from [[Old French]]/[[Norman language|Norman]] word {{lang|fro|pouletrie}}.<ref name=AH/> The term for an immature poultry, [[pullet]], like its [[doublet (linguistics)|doublet]] ''poult'',<ref>{{oed|poult}}</ref> comes from Middle English ''pulet'' and Old French ''polet'', both from the [[Latin]] word ''pullus'', meaning a young fowl or young animal.<ref>{{cite dictionary | title = Pullet | encyclopedia = The American Heritage: Dictionary of the English Language | volume = 4th edition | publisher = Houghton Mifflin Company | year = 2009 | url = http://www.thefreedictionary.com/pullet}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=fowl |title=Fowl | work=Online Etymology Dictionary |publisher=Etymonline.com |access-date=February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Our Poultry|url=https://poule-dor.com/our-poultry/|access-date=2021-01-20|website=Poule D'or Chicken|language=en-US}}</ref> The word "fowl" is of [[Germanic language|Germanic]] origin (cf. [[Old English]] ''Fugol'', [[German language|German]] ''Vogel'', [[Danish language|Danish]] ''Fugl'').<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=poultry |title= Poultry | work= Online Etymology Dictionary |publisher=Ehitymonline.com |access-date=February 12, 2014}}
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