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fowl  (foul)

n. pl. fowl or fowls

1. Any of various birds of the order Galliformes, especially the common, widely domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus).

2.

a. A bird, such as the duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game.

b. The flesh of such birds used as food.

3. A bird of any kind.

intr.v. fowled, fowl·ing, fowls

To hunt, trap, or shoot wildfowl.

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[Middle English foul, from Old English fugol; see pleu- in Indo-European roots.]

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fowler n.

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fowl

Noun

1. a domesticated bird such as a hen

2. any other bird that is used as food or hunted as game

3. the meat of fowl

4. Old-fashioned a bird

Verb

to hunt or snare wild birds [Old English fugol]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fowl - a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl domestic fowl, poultry gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds Dorking - an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled) Plymouth Rock - an American breed of domestic fowl Cornish fowl, Cornish - English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters Rock Cornish - small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl game fowl - any of several breeds reared for cockfighting cochin, cochin china - Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs genus Gallus, Gallus - common domestic birds and related forms Gallus gallus, chicken - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl bantam - any of various small breeds of fowl Meleagris gallopavo, turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food guinea fowl, Numida meleagris, guinea - a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world saddle - posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food
	2.	fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food bird bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings wishbone, wishing bone - the furcula of a domestic fowl poultry - flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food wildfowl - flesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food drumstick - the lower joint of the leg of a fowl second joint, thigh - the upper joint of the leg of a fowl wing - the wing of a fowl; "he preferred the drumsticks to the wings" giblet, giblets - edible viscera of a fowl oyster - a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl parson's nose, pope's nose - the tail of a dressed fowl meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food dark meat - the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
Verb	1.	fowl - hunt fowl hunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"
	2.	fowl - hunt fowl in the forest grouse - hunt grouse hunt, hunt down, track down, run - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"

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fowl

noun poultry, >> male cock >> female hen

Translations

fowl [faul] n → ave f (de corral)

fowl [faul] n → volaille f

fowl [faul] n → Vogel m (besonders Huhn, Gans, Ente etc)

fowl [faul] n → pollame m; volatile m

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fowl

n fowl [faul]

a bird, especially domestic, eg hens, ducks, geese etc He keeps fowls and a few pigs.pluimveeطَيْر، دجاجَهптицаdrůbežfjerkrædas Geflügelπουλερικόave de corral(kodu)lindپرنده؛ طیورsiipikarjaoiseau de basse-courעוֹףपालतू चिड़ियाptica, peradbaromfiunggas(ali)fuglvolatile家禽가금(家禽)naminis paukštismājputnsburung(ge)vogel(te)fjærfe, hønedróbavepasăre de curteдомашняя птицаhydinaperutninaperadhöns[], fjäderfäสัตว์ปีกที่เลี้ยงไว้ใช้เป็นอาหารในครัวเรือนkümes hayvanı家禽птицяانڈے دینے والے پالتو پرندوں میں سے کوئیthịt gia cầm; gia súc家禽