fowl Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
    poultry; domestic fowl.
  2. noun the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
    bird.
  3. verb hunt fowl
  4. verb hunt fowl in the forest

WordNet

Fowl noun
Etymology
OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, fågel, 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.
Wordforms
Definitions
  1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
    Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. Gen. i. 26.
    Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. Matt. vi. 26.
    Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. Shak.
  2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus).
Fowl intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Fowled ; present participle & verbal noun Fowling
Definitions
  1. To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
    Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. Blackstone.

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