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plural fowl or fowls
Definition of fowl
(Entry 1 of 2)
2a : a cock or hen of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus) especially : an adult hen
b : any of several domesticated (see domesticate entry 1 sense 2) or wild gallinaceous birds — compare guinea fowl, jungle fowl
3 : the meat of fowls used as food
roasted fowl
fowl
verbfowled; fowling; fowls
Definition of fowl (Entry 2 of 2)
: to seek, catch, or kill wildfowl
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