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what makes chicken poultry and not meat?

why is chicken not meat, its an animal so why is it called poultry? what is the difference between meat and poultry? why is fish not considered meat? i know its cold blooded but its still an animal rite.

Public Comments

1. Poultry means any bird that we eat (chicken, Cornish hens, pheasant, duck, turkey)
2. definition of poultry is "domesticated fowl" - - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poultry Chicken is a fowl - - so it is poultry. definition of "meat" is "the flesh of animals as used for food" http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/meat For poultry - - you may eat the meat or the eggs of fowl definition of "red meat" is "any meat that is dark-colored before cooking, as beef, lamb, venison, or mutton" - - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/red%20meat definition of "fish" is "any of various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates, having gills, commonly fins, and typically an elongated body covered with scales" - - http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/fish (again - - We can eat the meat or eggs of fish.) .
3. Poultry and fish are kinds of meat. (The word "poultry" includes the eggs.)
4. Big bird says it's the BIRD also know as FOUL