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Poultry

Poultry is a category of domestic birds kept and raised for the purpose of collecting eggs or killing and using their meat.

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Poultry

hen feathered

Meat products; Poultry

The characteristic of a rooster having rounded rather than pointed 'sex feathers'.

urolith

Meat products; Poultry

Urinary stone.

axial feather

Meat products; Poultry

The short wing feather between the primary and secondary flight feathers.

jejunum

Meat products; Poultry

Middle small intestine.

hock

Meat products; Poultry

the knee joint of a chicken's leg, between the lower thigh and the shank.

uropygial gland

Meat products; Poultry

Oil sack; Large oil gland on the back at the base of the tail - used to preen or condition the feathers.

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