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Eukaryota > Animals > Animal Population Groups > Animals, Domestic > Poultry
Food and Beverages > Food > Meat > Poultry
Physiological Phenomena > Diet, Food, and Nutrition > Food > Meat > Poultry
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Birds > Poultry

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Poultry  

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Entry terms

  • Domestic Fowl
  • Domestic Fowls
  • Fowl, Domestic
  • Fowls, Domestic

Note

  • general or unspecified; prefer specifics; differentiate from BIRDS: "birds" in zoos, parks, forest, streets, pet shops = BIRDS, "birds" in barnyard, hatchery, butcher shop = POULTRY; canned poultry meat: see note at POULTRY PRODUCTS

Scope note

  • Domesticated birds raised for food. It typically includes CHICKENS; TURKEYS, DUCKS; GEESE; and others.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011200

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