Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Poultry \Poul"try\, n. [From {Poult}.]
   Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or
   feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and
   geese.

Source : WordNet®

poultry
     n 1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from
          the red jungle fowl [syn: {domestic fowl}, {fowl}]
     2: flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for
        food