fowl | ||
1. | [ noun ] (zoology,game bird) a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl | |
Synonyms: | poultry domestic_fowl | |
Related terms: | gallinaceous_bird chicken turkey Rock_Cornish dorking Plymouth_Rock Cornish cochin guinea_fowl game_fowl Gallus poultry saddle | |
2. | [ verb ] hunt fowl | |
Related terms: | hunt fowler | |
3. | [ verb ] hunt fowl, as in the forest | |
Related terms: | hunt grouse snipe domestic_fowl | |
4. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food | |
Synonyms: | bird | |
Related terms: | meat wildfowl poultry bird giblet parson's_nose drumstick oyster dark_meat wing second_joint wishbone | |
Similar spelling: |
Fowle foul fool foil foal folly folio folie Foley foully follow |