How to say "poultry" in Japanese

• 鳥とりJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounBird meat in general, especially chicken; because 鳥 is also the general word for a bird, the food sense is understood from context, for example in talk about meat or cooking.
  鳥とりは料理人りょうりにんがほどよく焼やいた。↗

  The fowls were well roasted by the cook.
• 鶏肉とりにくJLPT N5approx.Common
  nounChicken meat specifically: poultry as the meat you buy and cook. Use it when you mean the meat itself, as when shopping for chicken or following a recipe.

Both are common words for poultry as meat: use 鶏肉 for chicken meat specifically, and 鳥 for bird meat in general, especially chicken, remembering that 鳥 can also simply mean a bird.

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• 家禽かきん(domestic) fowl
• 鳥とりbird meat (esp. chicken meat)
• 鶏肉とりにくfowl