fowl
/faʊl/
noun
- A bird that is kept for its eggs or meat, such as a chicken, turkey, duck, or goose.
- The farmer raises fowl for both eggs and meat.
- Wild fowl gather at the pond every morning.
- She bought a fresh fowl from the market for Sunday dinner.
- Any bird, especially a large one, used in hunting or as game.
- Hunters went into the marsh to shoot water fowl.
- They spotted a rare fowl during their birdwatching trip.
- The forest is home to many species of game fowl.