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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fowl /faʊl/USA pronunciation n., pl. fowls, (esp. when thought of as a group) fowl. - Animal Husbandrya domestic hen or rooster;
chicken. - Birdsany of several other similar birds, such as turkeys or pheasants.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fowl (foul),USA pronunciation n., pl. fowls, (esp. collectively) fowl, v. n. - Animal Husbandrythe domestic or barnyard hen or rooster;
chicken. Cf. domestic fowl. - Birdsany of several other, usually gallinaceous, birds that are barnyard, domesticated, or wild, as the duck, turkey, or pheasant.
- Animal Husbandry(in market and household use) a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl.
- the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl.
- any bird (used chiefly in combination):waterfowl; wildfowl.
v.i. - to hunt or take wildfowl.
- bef. 900; Middle English foul, Old English fugol, fugel; cognate with Old Saxon fugal, Gothic fugls, Old High German fogal (German Vogel)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fowl /faʊl/ n - any other bird, esp any gallinaceous bird, that is used as food or hunted as game
- the flesh or meat of fowl, esp of chicken
- an archaic word for any bird
vb - (intransitive) to hunt or snare wildfowl
Etymology: Old English fugol; related to Old Frisian fugel, Old Norse fogl, Gothic fugls, Old High German fogal |