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Poultry is the category of domesticated birds that people keep for the purpose of collecting their eggs, or killing for their meat and/or feathers. Thesde most typically are members of the superorder Galloanserae, especially the order Galliformes and the family Anatidae, commonly known as “waterfowl”. Poultry also include other birds which are killed for their meat, such as pigeons or doves or birds considered to be game, like pheasants. Poultry comes from the Latin word, poule, which means to hang. The term also refers to the flesh of such birds.