fowl
Noun
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A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl (synset 101792381)
is a type of: gallinacean, gallinaceous bird - heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birdssubtypes:
- dorking - an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled)
- plymouth rock - an American breed of domestic fowl
- cornish, cornish fowl - English breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters
- rock cornish - small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl
- game fowl - any of several breeds reared for cockfighting
- cochin, cochin china - Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs
- chicken, gallus gallus - a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl
- bantam - any of various small breeds of fowl
- meleagris gallopavo, turkey - large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food
- guinea, guinea fowl, numida meleagris - a west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world
belongs to: gallus, genus gallus - common domestic birds and related formshas:same as: domestic fowl, poultry -
The flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food (synset 107659991)
is a type of: meat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as foodsubtypes:has:
- wishbone, wishing bone - the furcula of a domestic fowl
- drumstick - the lower joint of the leg of a fowl
- second joint, thigh - the upper joint of the leg of a fowl
- wing - the wing of a fowl
- giblet, giblets - edible viscera of a fowl
- oyster - a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl
- parson's nose, pope's nose - the tail of a dressed fowl
- dark meat - the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
is a part of: bird - warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingssame as: bird
Verb
- Hunt fowl (synset 201148410)
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Hunt fowl in the forest (synset 201145365)
subtypes: grouse - hunt grouse
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