The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
   [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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