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fowl
fowl / foul/ • n. (pl. same or fowls ) (also domestic fowl) a gallinaceous bird kept chiefly for its eggs and flesh; a domestic cock or hen. ∎ any other domesticated bird kept for its eggs or flesh, e.g., the turkey, duck, goose, and guineafowl. ∎ the flesh of birds, esp. of the domestic cock or hen, as food; poultry. ∎ birds collectively, esp. as the quarry of hunters. ∎ archaic a bird. |
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"fowl." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fowl." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-fowl.html "fowl." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-fowl.html |
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fowl (arch., exc. in wild-fowl) bird OE.; domestic cock or hen XVI. OE. fugol = OS. fugal, OHG. fogal (Du., G. vogel), ON. fugl, Goth. fugls :- Gmc. *foʒlaz, *fuʒlaz, perh. dissim. form of *fluʒlaz, f. *fluz-, *fleuʒ- FLY2.
Hence fowler OE. fug(e)lere, f. fug(e)lian catch wild-fowl. |
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T. F. HOAD. "fowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "fowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-fowl.html T. F. HOAD. "fowl." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-fowl.html |
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fowl Term applied to domestic birds, such as chicken or turkey, and game such as pheasant and duck. See also poultry
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"fowl." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fowl." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-fowl.html "fowl." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-fowl.html |
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fowl see poultry . |
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"fowl." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fowl." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-fowl.html "fowl." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-fowl.html |
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fowl
•afoul, befoul, cowl, foul, fowl, growl, howl, jowl, owl, prowl, Rabaul, scowl, yowl
•gamefowl • peafowl • wildfowl
•moorfowl • waterfowl
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"fowl." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fowl." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-fowl.html "fowl." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-fowl.html |
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