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1. (n.) fowl
any domestic hen or rooster; chicken.
2. fowl
any of several other, usu. gallinaceous, birds, as turkeys or pheasants.
3. fowl
a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl.
4. fowl
the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl.
5. fowl
any bird (used chiefly in combination):
waterfowl; wildfowl.
6. (v.i.) fowl
to hunt or take wildfowl.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME foul, OE fugol, fugel; c. OS fugal, OHG fogal)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) domestic fowl, fowl, poultry
a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
2. (verb) bird, fowl
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
3. (verb) fowl
hunt fowl
4. (verb) fowl
hunt fowl in the forest
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) fowl
any bird; esp., any large edible bird
2. (noun) fowl
any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus)
3. (verb) fowl
to catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc
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Sense: a bird, especially domestic, eg hens, ducks, geese etc
He keeps fowls and a few pigs.
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 Afrikaans: pluimvee |
 Arabic: طَيْر، دجاجَه |
 Bulgarian: птица |
 Brazilian: ave |
 Czech: drůbež |
 German: das Geflügel |
 Danish: fjerkræ |
 Greek: πουλερικό |
 Spanish: ave de corral |
 Estonian: (kodu)lind |
 Farsi: پرنده؛ طیور |
 Finnish: kanalintu |
 French: oiseau de basse-cour |
 Hebrew: עוֹף |
 Hindi: पालतू चिड़िया |
 Croatian: ptica, perad |
 Hungarian: baromfi |
 Indonesian: unggas |
 Icelandic: (ali)fugl |
 Italian: volatile |
 Japanese: 家禽 |
 Korean: 닭, (집오리, 칠면조 등의) 가금 |
 Lithuanian: naminis paukštis |
 Latvian: mājputns |
 Malay: burung |
 Dutch: (ge)vogel(te) |
 Norwegian: fjærfe, høne |
 Polish: drób |
 Persian: پرنده؛ طیور |
 Pashto: مرغان، طیور |
 Portuguese: ave |
 Romanian: pasăre de curte |
 Russian: домашняя птица |
 Slovak: hydina |
 Slovenian: perutnina |
 Serbian: perad |
 Swedish: höns[fågel], fjäderfä |
 Thai: สัตว์ปีกที่เลี้ยงไว้ใช้เป |
 Turkish: kümes hayvanı |
 Taiwanese: 家禽 |
 Ukrainian: птиця |
 Urdu: انڈے دینے والے پالتو پرند |
 Vietnamese: thịt gia cầm; gia súc |
 Chinese: 家禽 |
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