FOWL

bird, fowl

(noun) the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food

fowl

(verb) hunt fowl in the forest

fowl

(verb) hunt fowl

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

fowl (plural fowl or fowls)

(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.

Verb

fowl (third-person singular simple present fowls, present participle fowling, simple past and past participle fowled)

To hunt fowl.

Etymology 2

Adjective

fowl (comparative fowler, superlative fowlest)

(obsolete) foul

Anagrams

• Wolf, flow, wolf

Source: Wiktionary

Fowl, n.

Note: Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. Etym: [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, fågel, Goth. fugls; of unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.]

1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. Gen. i. 26. Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. Matt. vi. 26. Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. Shak.

2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus). Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.

Fowl, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fowled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fowling.]

Definition: To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc. Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. Blackstone. Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition