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fowl

1. See domestic fowl
2. any other bird, esp any gallinaceous bird, that is used as food or hunted as game
3. an archaic word for any bird
Collins Discovery Encyclopedia, 1st edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

fowl

[fau̇l]
(agriculture)
A domestic cock or hen, especially an adult hen, such as among chickens or several other gallinaceous birds.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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