fowl meaning

Noun: fowl (fowl,fowls)  fawl

1. A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
   - domestic fowl, poultry 
2. The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
   - bird

Verb: fowl  fawl

1. Hunt fowl 
2. Hunt fowl in the forest

Sounds like: foul

Derived forms: fowled, fowl, fowls, fowling

See also: fowler

Type of: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird, hunt, hunt down, meat, run, track down

Part of: bird, Gallus, genus Gallus

Encyclopedia: Fowl

• cornish fowl:    Noun: Cornish fowl ...
• creeper fowl:    [Medicine]n : an i ...
• domestic fowl:    Noun: domestic fow ...

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1. i don't know that i am apt at tending fowls.
2. a great number of water fowls dwell on the island ..
3. it is a fowl which needs to be carved.
4. i was regaled with the scaly tips of the drumsticks of the fowls.
5. i could match my cousin's game-cock with a sturdier fowl.