Poultry Terminology

noun a bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasants, or other game birds

adjective relating to or characteristic of birds of the order Galliformes

• The chef prepared a delicious fowl dish for the banquet.
• I'm craving some fried fowl for dinner tonight.
• Let's grab some fowl wings and watch the game.
• The politician's speech was full of fowl language and insults.

noun a young hen, typically one that is less than one year old and has not yet started laying eggs

• The pullet is a young female chicken that is less than one year old.
• My neighbor just got some pullets for her backyard coop.
• I heard those pullets are going to be laying eggs soon.
• The new employee is like a pullet in a big company, still learning the ropes.