Fowl (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural fowls, (especially collectively) fowl.
  1. the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken.
  2. any of several other, usually gallinaceous, birds that are barnyard, domesticated, or wild, as the duck, turkey, or pheasant.
  3. (in market and household use) a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl.
  4. the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl.
  5. any bird (used chiefly in combination): waterfowl; wildfowl.
verb (used without object)
  1. to hunt or take wildfowl.
noun
  1. See domestic fowl
  2. any other bird, esp any gallinaceous bird, that is used as food or hunted as game
  3. the flesh or meat of fowl, esp of chicken
  4. an archaic word for any bird
verb
  1. to hunt or snare wildfowl
Fowl (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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