fowl : Idioms & Phrases

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Barndoor fowl, ∨ Barnyard fowl

  • a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
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cochin fowl

Co"chin fowl`
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).
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cornish fowl

  • noun English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters
    Cornish.
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domestic fowl

  • noun a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl
    fowl; poultry.
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dorking fowl

Dor"king fowl`
Etymology
From the town of Dorking in England.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table.
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Drawn fowl

  • an eviscerated fowl.
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Dunghill fowl

  • a domestic fowl of common breed.
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Fen fowl

  • (Zoöl.), any water fowl that frequent fens.
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Flocking fowl

  • (Zoöl.), the greater scaup duck.
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fowl cholera

  • noun an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia
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fowl pest

  • noun either of two acute viral diseases of domestic fowl; characterized by refusal to eat and high temperature and discoloration of the comb
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fowl run

  • noun an enclosed yard for keeping poultry
    hen yard; chicken yard; chicken run.
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Fowling piece

  • noun a light shotgun used for fowling
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  • a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds.
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game fowl

  • noun any of several breeds reared for cockfighting
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Game" fowl`
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males.
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guinea fowl

  • noun a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
    Numida meleagris; guinea.
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Guinea fowl, Guinea hen

  • (Zoöl.), an African gallinaceous bird, of the genus Numida, allied to the pheasants. The common domesticated species (N. meleagris), has a colored fleshy horn on each aide of the head, and is of a dark gray color, variegated with small white spots. The crested Guinea fowl (N. cristata) is a finer species.
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Jungle fowl

  • noun small Asiatic wild bird; believed to be ancestral to domestic fowl
    gallina.
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  • . (Zoöl.) (a) Any wild species of the genus Gallus, of which several species inhabit India and the adjacent islands; as, the fork-tailed jungle fowl (G. varius) of Java, G. Stanleyi of Ceylon, and G. Bankiva of India. The latter, which resembles the domestic gamecock, is supposed to be one of the original species from which the domestic fowl was derived. (b) An Australian grallatorial bird (Megapodius tumulus) which is allied to the brush turkey, and, like the latter, lays its eggs in mounds of vegetable matter, where they are hatched by the heat produced by decomposition.
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Lich fowl

  • (Zoöl.), the European goatsucker; called also lich owl.
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mallee fowl

  • noun Australian mound bird; incubates eggs naturally in sandy mounds
    leipoa; lowan; Leipoa ocellata.
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Moor fowl

  • . (Zoöl.) (a) The European ptarmigan, or red grouse (Lagopus Scoticus) . (b) The European heath grouse . See under Heath.
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prairie fowl

  • noun brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
    prairie grouse; prairie chicken.
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Rain fowl

  • (Zoöl.), the channel-bill cuckoo (Scythrops Novæ-Hollandiæ) of Australia.
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red jungle fowl

  • noun a jungle fowl of southeastern Asia that is considered ancestral to the domestic fowl
    Gallus gallus.
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scrub fowl

  • noun large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia; build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs
    mound bird; mound-bird; megapode; mound builder.
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sea fowl

Sea" fowl`
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively.
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Silk fowl

  • (Zoöl.), a breed of domestic fowls having silky plumage.
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Spur fowl

  • (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Asiatic gallinaceous birds of the genus Galloperdix, allied to the jungle fowl. The males have two or more spurs on each leg.
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Wild fowl

  • (Zoöl.) any wild bird, especially any of those considered as game birds.
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