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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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primitive streak

Meat products; Poultry

A vertical, opaque line where the embryo begins to grow and develop.

crop

Meat products; Poultry

A pouch at the base of a chicken's neck that bulges after the bird has eaten. It stores and prepares food for digestion; also, (v.) to trim a bird's wattles.

crossbred

Meat products; Poultry

The offspring of parents of different varieties or breeds.

producer

Meat products; Poultry

A person or firm that raises meat birds or layers.

crossbreed

Meat products; Poultry

To mate male and female chickens of different breeds.

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