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Noun
/foul/,
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fowls, plural; fowl, plural;
  1. A gallinaceous bird kept chiefly for its eggs and flesh; a domestic cock or hen

  2. Any other domesticated bird kept for its eggs or flesh, e.g., the turkey, duck, goose, and guineafowl

  3. The flesh of birds, esp. of the domestic cock or hen, as food; poultry

  4. Birds collectively, esp. as the quarry of hunters

  5. A bird

  1. hunt fowl
  2. domestic fowl: a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
  3. bird: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
  4. Fowl is a word for birds in general but usually refers to birds belonging to one of two biological orders, namely the gamefowl or landfowl (Galliformes) and the waterfowl (Anseriformes). ...
  5. This article includes a list of characters from the animated series Darkwing Duck.
  6. Fowling is a term which is perhaps better known in the Fens of eastern England than elsewhere. It was more than the commercial equivalent of the field sport of wildfowling, in that it includes all forms of bird catching for meat, feathers or any other part of the bird which may have been sold on ...
  7. 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; To hunt fowl
  8. (Fowling) The hunting of birds.
  9. To dream of seeing fowls, denotes temporary worry or illness. For a woman to dream of fowls, indicates a short illness or disagreement with her friends. See Chickens.
  10. This word which, in its most general sense, applies to anything that flies in the air (Genesis 1:20, 21), and which frequently occurs in the Bible with this meaning, is also sometimes used in a narrower sense, as, for instance, 1 Kings 4:23, where it stands for all fatted birds that may be ...
  11. refers to birds, especially domestic ones: Chickens, ducks, geese, and turkeys are considered fowl.
  12. the term used to describe all members of Gallus domesticus (domestic fowl) irrespective of age, sex or breed.
  13. A pun or a play on words, in which the word "fowl" (a bird, such as a duck) was used in place of the similar sounding word "foul" (unpleasant, obstructed).
  14. A shot where the bowler's foot crosses the "fowl line" at the top of the aisle. Also, any of several domesticated or wild gallinaceous birds, including turkeys.
  15. (fowl) adj., Unacceptable, unfair.  “Yo, man, that kind of move is fowl.”  [Etym., 70’s youth]
  16. checks collectively, it refers to both sexes, & sometimes means gamefowl.
  17. Fish Only With Liverock
  18. Birds, winged animals.
  19. fowl - a type of bird, including owls