Thesaurus: fowl

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1. n. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
2. n. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus).
3. v. i. To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
4. n. a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
5. n. the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
6. v. hunt fowl
7. v. hunt fowl in the forest
8. 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. 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.
9. 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 ofsmall shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds.
10. n:100 v. hunt fowl v. hunt fowl in the forest