Definition of Fowl

1. Noun. A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl.


2. Verb. Hunt fowl. "In the summer they like to go out and fowl"
Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunt Down, Run, Track Down
Derivative terms: Fowler

3. Noun. The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food.
Exact synonyms: Bird
Group relationships: Bird
Terms within: Wishbone, Wishing Bone, Drumstick, Second Joint, Thigh, Wing, Giblet, Giblets, Oyster, Parson's Nose, Pope's Nose, Dark Meat
Specialized synonyms: Poultry, Wildfowl
Generic synonyms: Meat

4. Verb. Hunt fowl in the forest. "In the summer they like to go out and fowl"
Specialized synonyms: Grouse
Generic synonyms: Hunt, Hunt Down, Run, Track Down

Definition of Fowl

1. n. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

2. v. i. To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.

Definition of Fowl

1. to hunt birds [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Fowl

1. Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. [OE. Foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. Fugol; akin to OS. Fugal D. & G. Vogel, OHG. Fogal, Icel. & Dan. Fugl, Sw. Fogel, fagel, Goth. Fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. Fly, or akin to E. Fox, as being a tailed animal. 1. Any bird; especially, any large edible bird. "Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air." (Gen. I. 26) "Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not." (Matt. Vi. 26) "Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts." (Shak) 2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus). Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen. To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc. "Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl." (Blackstone) Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds. Origin: Fowled; Fowling. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fowl

foveolate
foveola coccygea
foveola gastrica
foveola ocularis
foveola papillaris
foveola retinae
foveola suprameatica
foveole
foveoles
foveolet
foveolets
fovilla
Foville's fasciculus
Foville's syndrome
fowl (current term)
fowl (current term)
fowled
fowler
Fowler's position
fowler's solution
fowlerite
fowlers
fowling
fowlings
fowling piece
fowlpox
fowlpox
fowlpoxes
fowlpox virus
fowls

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