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Definition of Fowl
1. Noun. A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl.
Generic synonyms: Gallinacean, Gallinaceous Bird
Specialized synonyms: Dorking, Plymouth Rock, Cornish, Cornish Fowl, Rock Cornish, Game Fowl, Cochin, Cochin China, Chicken, Gallus Gallus, Bantam, Meleagris Gallopavo, Turkey, Guinea, Guinea Fowl, Numida Meleagris
Group relationships: Gallus, Genus Gallus
Terms within: Saddle, Poultry
2. Verb. Hunt fowl. "In the summer they like to go out and fowl"
3. Noun. The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food.
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"
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)
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