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fowl

[ foul ]

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noun

plural fowls, (especially collectively) fowl.

the domestic or barnyard hen or rooster; chicken ( def ). Compare domestic fowl.
any of several other, usually gallinaceous, birds that are barnyard, domesticated, or wild, as the duck, turkey, or pheasant.
(in market and household use) a full-grown domestic fowl for food purposes, as distinguished from a chicken or young fowl.
the flesh or meat of a domestic fowl.
any bird (used chiefly in combination):
waterfowl; wildfowl.

verb (used without object)

to hunt or take wildfowl.

fowl

/ �ڲ�ʊ�� /

noun

See domestic fowl
any other bird, esp any gallinaceous bird, that is used as food or hunted as game See also waterfowl wildfowl
the flesh or meat of fowl, esp of chicken
an archaic word for any bird

verb

intr to hunt or snare wildfowl

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of fowl¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English foul, fuhel, Old English fugol, fugel; cognate with Old Saxon fugal, Gothic fugls, Old High German fogal ( German Vogel ), from Germanic fuglaz, a possible dissimilation of unattested fluglaz, from the same root as fly ²( def )

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of fowl¹

Old English fugol ; related to Old Frisian fugel , Old Norse fogl , Gothic fugls , Old High German fogal

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Idioms and Phrases

see neither fish nor fowl .

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Going back centuries, local Buganda cultural superstition also protected the elegant fowl, which was seen as a symbol of wealth, good fortune and longevity.

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James showed the BBC the amulets, which were made of fowl feathers, animal skins and herbs, covered in leather and cloth.

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