fowl
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English fugol, from Proto-Germanic. Cognate with Dutch vogel, German Vogel, Swedish fågel. Probably related ultimately to fly.
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[edit] Noun
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fowl (plural fowls or fowl)
- (archaic) A bird.
- A bird of the order Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail.
- Birds which are hunted or kept for food, including Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans.
[edit] Translations
Galliformes, including chickens, turkeys, pheasant, partridges and quail
Galliformes and also waterfowl of the order Anseriformes such as ducks, geese and swans
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to fowl (third-person singular simple present fowls, present participle fowling, simple past and past participle fowled)
- To hunt fowl.
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[edit] Etymology
From Old English fugol, from Proto-Germanic.
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fowl (plural fowles)
- a bird
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- And smale fowles maken melodye
That slepen all the night with open ye - Chaucer, General Prologue, Canterbury Tales, ll.9-10
- And smale fowles maken melodye
