n.
(pl. same or fowls)
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(also domestic fowl)
a domesticated bird derived from a junglefowl and kept for its eggs or flesh; a cock or hen.
▸any domesticated bird, e.g. a turkey.
▸used in the names of birds that resemble the domestic fowl, e.g. spurfowl.
- birds collectively, especially as the quarry of hunters.
Derivative
Etymology
OE fugol, of Gmc origin; rel. to fly1.
