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fowl noun [ faʊl ]

• a bird of the order Galliformes that is kept for its eggs and flesh; a domestic cock or hen.
Similar: poultry, domestic fowl,
• birds collectively, especially as the quarry of hunters.
• "an abundance of game, fowl, and fish"
Origin: Old English fugol ‘bird’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vogel and German Vogel, also to fly1.


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