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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

fowl
    n 1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended
         from the red jungle fowl [syn: domestic fowl, fowl,
         poultry]
    2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
       [syn: bird, fowl]
    v 1: hunt fowl
    2: hunt fowl in the forest

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
            over the fowl of the air.             --Gen. i. 26.
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            Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not.
                                                  --Matt. vi.
                                                  26.
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            Like a flight of fowl
            Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts.
                                                  --Shak.
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   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).
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   Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents
      the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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         Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl.
                                                  --Blackstone.
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   Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for
      the use of small shot in killing birds or small
      quadrupeds.
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Thesaurus Results for Fowl:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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