 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
fowl
noun
1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from
the red jungle fowl [syn: {domestic fowl}, {poultry}]
2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
[syn: {bird}]
verb
1: hunt fowl
2: hunt fowl in the forest
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fowl \Fowl\ (foul), noun
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.
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}).
{Barndoor fowl}, or {Barnyard fowl}, a fowl that frequents
the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Fowl \Fowl\, verb (used without an object) [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.
Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl.
--Blackstone.
{Fowling piece}, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for
the use of small shot in killing birds or small
quadrupeds.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "fowl":
Bantam, Cornish hen, avifauna, baby bird, 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, 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
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