Definition of "fowl" []

• Any of various birds of the order Galliformes, especially the common, widely domesticated chicken (Gallus gallus). (noun)
• A bird, such as the duck, goose, turkey, or pheasant, that is used as food or hunted as game. (noun)
• The flesh of such birds used as food. (noun)
• A bird of any kind. (noun)
• To hunt, trap, or shoot wildfowl. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "This fowl is a native of Japan, and it certainly has a very singular appearance, from its feathers being curled up and apparently all turned the wrong way."
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• "Well, that fowl is far more creative than that nice -."