fowls

Variant of fowl

fowl definition

fowl (fo̵ul)

noun pl. fowls or fowl

  1. any bird: now only in combination wildfowl
  2. any of various domestic birds used as food; specif.,
    1. the chicken
    2. the duck, goose, turkey, etc.
    3. a full-grown chicken, as distinguished from a springer, etc.
  3. the flesh of any of these birds used for food

Etymology: ME foule, foghel < OE fugol, akin to Ger vogel, bird < Gmc *fuglaz, altered by dissimulation < *fluglaz < *flug-, *fleug- < IE *pleuk- > fly

intransitive verb

to catch, trap, hunt, or shoot wild birds for food or sport

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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