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| fowl [ fowl ] (plural fowl or fowls) |
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1. chicken: a bird kept for its meat and eggs, especially a chicken
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2. edible or game bird: a bird that is used as food or hunted for sport, e.g. a goose or pheasant
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3. bird's flesh: the flesh of any edible bird
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4.
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archaic
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Same as bird (sense 2)
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| [ Old English fugol "bird" < Germanic] |
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