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| English Dictionary: fowl |
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| 3 results for fowl |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- fowl
- n
- a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended
from the red jungle fowl
Synonym(s): domestic fowl, fowl, poultry
- the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
Synonym(s): bird, fowl
- v
- hunt fowl
- hunt fowl in the forest
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fowl \Fowl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fowling}.]
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.
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Fowl \Fowl\, n.
Note: 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, f[86]gel, 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; esp., 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.
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