'Fowl' definitions:
Definition of 'fowl'
(from WordNet)
noun
A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl [syn: domestic fowl, fowl, poultry]
noun
The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food [syn: bird, fowl]
verb
Hunt fowl
verb
Hunt fowl in the forest
Definition of 'Fowl'
From: GCIDE
- Fowl \Fowl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fowling.] To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc. [1913 Webster]
- Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]
- Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Fowl'
From: GCIDE
- Fowl \Fowl\ (foul), n.
- Note: Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[*a]gel, 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.]
- 1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. [1913 Webster]
- Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. --Gen. i. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. --Matt. vi. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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). [1913 Webster]
- Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'fowl'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avifauna,
- baby bird,
- Bantam,
- banty,
- barn-door fowl,
- barnyard fowl,
- beat,
- biddy,
- bird,
- bird of Jove,
- bird of Juno,
- bird of Minerva,
- bird of night,
- bird of passage,
- bird of prey,
- birdie,
- birdlife,
- birdy,
- breast,
- broiler,
- brooder,
- broody hen,
- cage bird,
- caille,
- canard,
- caneton,
- capon,
- chanticleer,
- chapon,
- chase,
- chick,
- chickabiddy,
- chicken,
- chicken foot,
- chicky,
- cock,
- cockerel,
- Cornish hen,
- course,
- cygnet,
- dark meat,
- dindon,
- diving bird,
- dog,
- domestic fowl,
- dove,
- drake,
- drive,
- drumstick,
- duck,
- duckling,
- dunghill fowl,
- eagle,
- eaglet,
- faisan,
- falcon,
- fish-eating bird,
- fledgling,
- flightless bird,
- flush,
- follow the hounds,
- fruit-eating bird,
- fryer,
- fulmar,
- game bird,
- game fowl,
- gander,
- giblets,
- go hunting,
- gobbler,
- goose,
- gosling,
- grouse,
- guinea cock,
- guinea fowl,
- guinea hen,
- gun,
- hawk,
- hen,
- hen turkey,
- hound,
- hunt,
- hunt down,
- insect-eating bird,
- jack,
- jacklight,
- leg,
- migrant,
- migratory bird,
- neck,
- nestling,
- oie,
- oscine bird,
- owl,
- oyster,
- partlet,
- partridge,
- passerine bird,
- peacock,
- peafowl,
- peahen,
- perching bird,
- pheasant,
- pigeon,
- pigeonneau,
- poulard,
- poulet,
- poult,
- poultry,
- prowl after,
- pullet,
- quail,
- ratite,
- ride to hounds,
- roaster,
- rooster,
- run,
- sea bird,
- seed-eating bird,
- setting hen,
- shikar,
- shoot,
- shore bird,
- songbird,
- sport,
- spring chicken,
- squab,
- stalk,
- start,
- stewing chicken,
- still-hunt,
- storm petrel,
- stormy petrel,
- swan,
- thigh,
- tom,
- tom turkey,
- track,
- trail,
- turkey,
- turkey foot,
- turkey gobbler,
- turkey-cock,
- volaille,
- wading bird,
- warbler,
- water bird,
- waterfowl,
- white meat,
- wild duck,
- wildfowl,
- wing,
- wishbone
Words containing 'Fowl'
- Fowled,
- Fowling,
- Fowls,
- Barndoor fowl,
- Barnyard fowl,
- Cochin fowl,
- Dorking fowl,
- Drawn fowl,
- Dunghill fowl,
- Fen fowl,
- Flocking fowl,
- Fowling piece,
- Game fowl,
- Guinea fowl,
- Jungle fowl,
- Lich fowl,
- May fowl,
- Rain fowl,
- Sea fowl,
- Silk fowl,
- Spur fowl,
- Wild fowl,
- cornish fowl,
- domestic fowl,
- fowl cholera,
- fowl pest,
- fowl run,
- heath fowl,
- mallee fowl,
- moor fowl,
- prairie fowl,
- scrub fowl,
- Neither fish nor fowl,
- red jungle fowl