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[[File:Poultry of the world.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|Poultry of the World ({{circa|1868}})]]
'''Poultry''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|oʊ|l|t|r|i}}) are [[domesticated]]
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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