poult
noun [ C ] uk/pəʊlt/ us/poʊlt/
幼禽，雏
a young chicken, turkey, or other bird that is kept for food
The turkeys produce an average of about 3.4 poults per hen. 火鸡平均每只产雏3.4只。
Many of the pheasant poults do not survive. 许多野鸡的雏儿无法存活。
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- Game farmers find that young poults will peck each other aggressively.
- Blue grouse - especially hens and their clutch of poults - normally stay in this part of the breeding range.
- Wild turkey poults mature quickly and at 16 weeks they are nearly adult size.
- He denied that the company imported turkey poults (chicks) or feed from abroad.