'Fowls' definitions:
Definition of 'Fowls'
From: GCIDE
- Fowl \Fowl\ (foul), n.
- Note: Instead of the pl. Fowls the singular is often used collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel, AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal, Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[*a]gel, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. --Gen. i. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. --Matt. vi. 26. [1913 Webster]
- Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 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). [1913 Webster]
- Barndoor fowl, or Barnyard fowl, a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Fowls'
- Fowl,
- Fowled,
- Fowling,
- Barndoor fowl,
- Barnyard fowl,
- Cochin fowl,
- Dorking fowl,
- Drawn fowl,
- Dunghill fowl,
- Fen fowl,
- Flocking fowl,
- Fowling piece,
- Game fowl,
- Guinea fowl,
- Jungle fowl,
- Lich fowl,
- May fowl,
- Rain fowl,
- Sea fowl,
- Silk fowl,
- Spur fowl,
- Wild fowl,
- cornish fowl,
- domestic fowl,
- fowl cholera,
- fowl pest,
- fowl run,
- heath fowl,
- mallee fowl,
- moor fowl,
- prairie fowl,
- scrub fowl,
- Neither fish nor fowl,
- red jungle fowl