Definitions for fowl
faʊlfowl

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. domestic fowl, fowl, poultrynoun

   a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl

2. bird, fowlverb

   the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

3. fowlverb

   hunt fowl

4. fowlverb

   hunt fowl in the forest

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fowlnoun

   A bird.

2. fowlnoun

   A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.

3. fowlnoun

   Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans.

4. fowlverb

   To hunt fowl.

5. Etymology: From fugol, from.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FOWLnoun

   A winged animal; a bird. It is colloquially used of edible birds, but in books of all the feathered tribes.

   Etymology: fugel, fuhl, Saxon; vogel, Dutch.

   The beasts, the fishes, and the winged fowls,
   Are their males subjects, and at their controuls. William Shakespeare.

   Lucullus entertained Pompey in a magnificent house: Pompey said, this is a marvellous house for the Summer; but methinks very cold for Winter. Lucullus answered, do you not think me as wise as divers fowls, to change my habitation in the Winter season. Francis Bacon, Apophthegms.

   This mighty breath
   Instructs the fowls of heaven. James Thomson, Spring.

2. To Fowlverb

   To kill birds for food or game.

   Etymology: from the noun.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. FOWL

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1. fowl

   Fowl is a category of bird, often used to refer to species that are found in the wild but are also commonly domesticated for their eggs, meat, or feathers, such as chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese. The term may also refer to game birds hunted for sport or food.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fowlnoun

   any bird; esp., any large edible bird

2. Fowlnoun

   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. Fowlverb

   to catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc

4. Etymology: [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, fgel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.]

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1. Fowl

   Fowl is a word for birds in general but usually refers to birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl and the waterfowl. Studies of anatomical and molecular similarities suggest these two groups are close evolutionary relatives; together, they form the fowl clade which is scientifically known as Galloanserae. This clade is also supported by morphological and DNA sequence data as well as retrotransposon presence/absence data.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Fowl

   fowl, n. a bird: a bird of the barn-door or poultry kind, a cock or hen: the flesh of fowl:—pl. Fowls, Fowl.—v.i. to kill fowls by shooting or snaring.—ns. Fowl′er, a sportsman who takes wild-fowl; Fowl′ing; Fowl′ing-net, a net for catching birds; Fowl′ing-piece, a light gun for small-shot, used in fowling. [A.S. fugol; Ger. vogel.]

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1. FOWL

   What does FOWL stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the FOWL acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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Anagrams for fowl »

1. flow

2. wolf

How to pronounce fowl?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of fowl in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of fowl in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of fowl in a Sentence

1. Cheryn Robles:

   We use those trees to help rebuild the habitat for different wildlife, water fowl, crabs and shrimp, all those things that you love about Louisiana, they'll have more area to rebuild those habitats.

2. George Eliot:

   Comprehensive talkers are apt to be tiresome when we are not athirst for information; but, to be quite fair, we must admit that superior reticence is a good deal due to lack of matter. Speech is often barren, but silence also does not necessarily brood over a full nest. Your still fowl, blinking at you without remark, may all the while be sitting on one addled nest-egg; and, when it takes to cackling, will have nothing to announce but that addled delusion.

3. Woody Allen, "Without Feathers":

   Whosover loveth wisdom is righteous, but he that keepeth company with fowl is weird.

4. Lanny Poffo:

   I believe in clean living. It’s not that hard. No smoking, no drinking, no drugs and while you’re at it, no meat, fish or fowl.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=fowl
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Fowl
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=fowl
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fowl
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fowl
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=fowl
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=fowl