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Fowl (domestic)
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fowl — n. 1. Bird, winged animal. 2. Poultry, barn door fowl, domestic fowl … New dictionary of synonyms
fowl — /fowl/, n., pl. fowls, (esp. collectively) fowl, v. n. 1. the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken. Cf. domestic fowl. 2. any of several other, usually gallinaceous, birds that are barnyard, domesticated, or wild, as the duck, turkey, or… … Universalium
Fowl — (foul), 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[*a]gel, Goth. fugls; of unknown… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fowl cholera — fau̇l n an acute contagious septicemic disease of birds that is marked by fever, weakness, diarrhea, and petechial hemorrhages in the mucous membranes, is caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella (P. multocida syn. P. avicida), and is… … Medical dictionary
fowl — ► NOUN (pl. same or fowls) 1) (also domestic fowl) a domesticated bird derived from a junglefowl and kept for its eggs or flesh; a cock or hen. 2) any domesticated bird, e.g. a turkey or duck. 3) birds collectively, especially as the quarry of… … English terms dictionary
fowl — [foul] n. pl. fowls or fowl [ME foule, foghel < OE fugol, akin to Ger vogel, bird < Gmc * fuglaz, altered by dissimulation < * fluglaz < * flug , *fleug < IE * pleuk > FLY1] 1. any bird: now only in combination [wildfowl] 2. any … English World dictionary
fowl — (n.) O.E. fugel bird, representing the general Germanic word for them, from P.Gmc. *foglaz (Cf. O.Fris. fugel, O.N. fugl, M.Du. voghel, Du. vogel, Ger. vogel, Goth. fugls), probably by dissimilation from *flug la , lit. flyer, from the same root… … Etymology dictionary
Fowl — Taxobox name = Galloanserans fossil range = Campanian Recent image width = 240px image caption = Chickens are a well known member of this ancient clade regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis =… … Wikipedia
domestic fowl — noun a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl • Syn: ↑fowl, ↑poultry • Derivationally related forms: ↑fowl (for: ↑fowl) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fowl — [[t]faʊl[/t]] n. pl. fowls, (esp. collectively)fowl, n. 1) ahb. any domestic hen or rooster; chicken 2) orn any of several other, usu. gallinaceous, birds, as turkeys or pheasants 3) ahb. a full grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as… … From formal English to slang
fowl — /faʊl / (say fowl) noun (plural fowls, fowl) 1. → chicken (def. 1). 2. any of various other gallinaceous or similar birds, as the turkey or duck. 3. (in market and household use) a full grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from …
