Definition of Game fowl

1. Noun. Any of several breeds reared for cockfighting.

Generic synonyms: Domestic Fowl, Fowl, Poultry

Medical Definition of Game fowl

1. A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Game Fowl

game birds
game board
game boards
game camera
game clock
game clocks
game club
game console
game consoles
game engine
game engines
game equipment
game face
game faces
game fish
game fowl (current term)
game law
game license
game manager
game managers
game master
game masters
game misconduct
game of chance
game of gotcha
game of skill
game over
game plan
game plans
game point

Literary usage of Game fowl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1850)
"We come now to the game fowl, placed by Mr. Browne, ostensibly on the basis of the ... That the game-fowl bears a resemblance to what is called the ..."

2. The Genesee Farmer. (1859)
"COCK OF THE WALK -game fowl. To those who regard the Jungle fowl of India as the common ancestor of all our domestic cocks and hens, the game fowl naturally ..."

3. Statutes and Statutory Construction: Including a Discussion of Legislative by Jabez Gridley Sutherland (1904)
"The intent which controlled in the addition of these words was, that the title should disclose that birds and fowl which were not game birds or game fowl ..."

4. The Poultry Book: Comprising the Breading and Management of Profitable and by William Bernhard Tegetmeier (1867)
"In colour, the eggs of the game fowl vary from a dull white to fawn, but crosses with the Indian bird impart a still darker tint. ..."

5. Autobiography of Lorenzo Waugh by Lorenzo Waugh (1888)
"Valley Lands About All Vacant—Plenty of Game, Fowl and Fish— Whales Often in Sight—Coyotes—Bucking Horses—Spanish Stock— Extract from the First Magazine—My ..."

6. The Poultry Book: A Treatise on Breeding and General Management of Domestic by John C. Bennett (1850)
"THE YANKEE game fowl. This portrait is also taken from life, from an excellent specimen of this breed, which I have denominated the Yankee Game. ..."

7. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1850)
"We come now to the game fowl, placed by Mr. Browne, ostensibly on the basis of the ... That the game-fowl bears a resemblance to what is called the ..."

8. The Genesee Farmer. (1859)
"COCK OF THE WALK -game fowl. To those who regard the Jungle fowl of India as the common ancestor of all our domestic cocks and hens, the game fowl naturally ..."

9. Statutes and Statutory Construction: Including a Discussion of Legislative by Jabez Gridley Sutherland (1904)
"The intent which controlled in the addition of these words was, that the title should disclose that birds and fowl which were not game birds or game fowl ..."

10. The Poultry Book: Comprising the Breading and Management of Profitable and by William Bernhard Tegetmeier (1867)
"In colour, the eggs of the game fowl vary from a dull white to fawn, but crosses with the Indian bird impart a still darker tint. ..."

11. Autobiography of Lorenzo Waugh by Lorenzo Waugh (1888)
"Valley Lands About All Vacant—Plenty of Game, Fowl and Fish— Whales Often in Sight—Coyotes—Bucking Horses—Spanish Stock— Extract from the First Magazine—My ..."

12. The Poultry Book: A Treatise on Breeding and General Management of Domestic by John C. Bennett (1850)
"THE YANKEE game fowl. This portrait is also taken from life, from an excellent specimen of this breed, which I have denominated the Yankee Game. ..."

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