domestic+fowl
11fowl — Synonyms and related words: Bantam, Cornish hen, avifauna, baby bird, banty, barn door fowl, barnyard fowl, beat, biddy, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy,… …
12fowl — noun (plural same or fowls) 1》 (also domestic fowl) a domesticated bird derived from a junglefowl and kept for its eggs or flesh; a cock or hen. ↘any domesticated bird, e.g. a turkey. ↘used in the names of birds that resemble the domestic …
13fowl — Domesticated birds, especially large birds used for food; poultry. In one sense, any bird. Domestic fowl and wild fowl, the distinction being whether the fowl has been tamed and subjected so as to constitute property. 4 Am J2d Ani § 12 …
14fowl pest — noun either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb • Hypernyms: ↑animal disease * * * noun 1. : fowl plague 2. : newcastle disease * * * n. either of two s …
15fowl — n. 1. Bird, winged animal. 2. Poultry, barn door fowl, domestic fowl …
16fowl — n 1. hen, brood hen, mother hen, old hen, biddy, chicken; rooster, cock, bantam, chanticleer. 2. domestic fowl, barnyard birds, poultry, ducks, turkeys, geese, peahens, peacocks; birds, pheasants, quail, partridge, guinea hens; waterfowl …
17Fowl — (foul), n. Note: Instead of the pl. {Fowls} the singular is often used collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[*a]gel, Goth. fugls; of unknown… …
18fowl cholera — fau̇l n an acute contagious septicemic disease of birds that is marked by fever, weakness, diarrhea, and petechial hemorrhages in the mucous membranes, is caused by a bacterium of the genus Pasteurella (P. multocida syn. P. avicida), and is… …
19fowl — [foul] n. pl. fowls or fowl [ME foule, foghel < OE fugol, akin to Ger vogel, bird < Gmc * fuglaz, altered by dissimulation < * fluglaz < * flug , *fleug < IE * pleuk > FLY1] 1. any bird: now only in combination [wildfowl] 2. any …
20fowl — (n.) O.E. fugel bird, representing the general Germanic word for them, from P.Gmc. *foglaz (Cf. O.Fris. fugel, O.N. fugl, M.Du. voghel, Du. vogel, Ger. vogel, Goth. fugls), probably by dissimilation from *flug la , lit. flyer, from the same root… …