Definition of "fowls" []

• Plural form of fowl. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fowl. (verb)

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• "We see this in the wonderful protuberance of the skull, which supports the crest of feathers in Polish fowls, and which by correlation has affected other parts of the skull."
• "With most of these birds head ornaments of all kinds are more fully developed in the male than in the female; but in Polish fowls the crest or top-knot, which in the male replaces the comb, is equally developed in both sexes."
• "It is well known (Nathusius himself advancing many cases, s. 104) that there is a strong tendency in many domestic animals -- in bull - and pug-dogs, in the niata cattle, in sheep, in Polish fowls, short-faced tumbler pigeons, and in one variety of the carp -- for the bones of the face to become greatly shortened."