Fowl

n.	1.	Any bird; esp., any large edible bird. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air. - Gen. i. 26. Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not. - Matt. vi. 26. Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts. - Shak.
	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). Barndoor fowl a fowl that frequents the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
v. i.	1.	To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc. [imp. & p. p. Fowled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fowling.] Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. - Blackstone. Fowling piece a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds.

Noun	1.	fowl - a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl Synonyms: domestic fowl, poultry
	2.	fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food Synonyms: bird
Verb	1.	fowl - hunt fowl
	2.	fowl - hunt fowl in the forest

To see a fowl in your dream, denotes temporary worry, illness, or disagreement with friends.Bantam, Cornish hen, avifauna, baby bird, banty, barn-door fowl, barnyard fowl, beat, biddy, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy, breast, broiler, brooder, broody hen, cage bird, caille, canard, caneton, capon, chanticleer, chapon, chase, chick, chickabiddy, chicken, chicken foot, chicky, cock, cockerel, course, cygnet, dark meat, dindon, diving bird, dog, domestic fowl, dove, drake, drive, drumstick, duck, duckling, dunghill fowl, eagle, eaglet, faisan, falcon, fish-eating bird, fledgling, flightless bird, flush, follow the hounds, fruit-eating bird, fryer, fulmar, game bird, game fowl, gander, giblets, go hunting, gobbler, goose, gosling, grouse, guinea cock, guinea fowl, guinea hen, gun, hawk, hen, hen turkey, hound, hunt, hunt down, insect-eating bird, jack, jacklight, leg, migrant, migratory bird, neck, nestling, oie, oscine bird, owl, oyster, partlet, partridge, passerine bird, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pheasant, pigeon, pigeonneau, poulard, poulet, poult, poultry, prowl after, pullet, quail, ratite, ride to hounds, roaster, rooster, run, sea bird, seed-eating bird, setting hen, shikar, shoot, shore bird, songbird, sport, spring chicken, squab, stalk, start, stewing chicken, still-hunt, storm petrel, stormy petrel, swan, thigh, tom, tom turkey, track, trail, turkey, turkey foot, turkey gobbler, turkey-cock, volaille, wading bird, warbler, water bird, waterfowl, white meat, wild duck, wildfowl, wing, wishbone

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