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Definition of fowl
fowl
orfowls
2a : a cock or hen of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus); especially : an adult henb : any of several domesticated (see 1domesticate 2) or wild gallinaceous birds — compare guinea fowl, jungle fowl
3 : the meat of fowls used as food roasted fowl
From the M-W Editors
Examples of fowl in a Sentence
I spotted a long-legged fowl by the water's edge.
Recent Examples of fowl from the Web
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Boise restaurateur Nick West reinstalled the famous fowl atop the Capri Restaurant, 2520 W. Fairview Ave.
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Kane County has an ordinance regulating chickens, but did not define or regulate roosters and other fowl that residents have complained cause sleep disruptions, VanKerkhoff said.
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The dinner menu is more ambitious with a broad farm-to-table menu of fish, fowl and red meats plus a generous selection of vegetarian options.
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Agriturismo La Valentina is popular, so is Agriturismo Buratta, which is located in the Maremma Natural Park just north of Talamone and has a restaurant that offers local dishes liked wild boar tagliatelle and roast guinea fowl.
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Native Americans scraped shellfish off rocks here 7,000 years ago and found abundant fresh water, fish, and fowl.
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Some may cry fowl at the claim of reaching space, however, as the generally accepted boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space is 100km, known as the Kármán line.
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Stacy and her husband, Michael, filed a zoning petition with the county seeking to amend a Planned Unit Development covenant to allow fowl, but the county's Zoning Board of Appeals and Development Committee denied the request.
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In 2016, a record 895 people who consorted with fowl came down with the nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and fever that characterize this infection, and three of them did not survive.
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Origin and Etymology of fowl
Middle English foul, from Old English fugel; akin to Old High German fogal bird, and probably to Old English flēogan to fly — more at fly
fowl
Definition of fowl
intransitive verb
: to seek, catch, or kill wildfowl
Recent Examples of fowl from the Web
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Games include fowling — a game that combines football and bowling — as well as table tennis, foosball, air hockey and more.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fowl'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of fowl
see 1fowl
FOWL Defined for English Language Learners
fowl
playDefinition of fowl for English Language Learners
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: a bird (such as a chicken) that is raised for food
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: the meat of such a bird used as food
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: a bird of any kind
FOWL Defined for Kids
Headscratcher for fowl
Remove the first letter of fowl and you get an example of one: owl!
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