Definition of fowls

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Fowls (pl. ) of Fow.

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Cock :: Cock (n.) The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls..
Dorking Fowl :: Dorking fowl () 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..
Sitting :: Sitting (n.) A brooding over eggs for hatching, as by fowls..
Dressing :: Dressing (n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat..
Shoo :: Shoo (interj.) Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls..
Gabble :: Gabble (v. i.) To utter inarticulate sounds with rapidity; as, gabbling fowls..
Hackle :: Hackle (n.) One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used..
Webbed :: Webbed (a.) Having the toes united by a membrane, or web; as, the webbed feet of aquatic fowls..
Guano :: Guano (n.) A substance found in great abundance on some coasts or islands frequented by sea fowls, and composed chiefly of their excrement. It is rich in phosphates and ammonia, and is used as a powerful fertilizer..
Gabble :: Gabble (n.) Inarticulate sounds rapidly uttered; as of fowls.
Roost :: Roost (n.) The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
Fricassee :: Fricassee (n.) A dish made of fowls, veal, or other meat of small animals cut into pieces, and stewed in a gravy..
Fat :: Fat (a.) To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep..
Birdcatching :: Birdcatching (n.) The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls..
Henbane :: Henbane (n.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus..
Chicky :: Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls..
Poultry :: Poultry (n.) Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese..
Plump :: Plump (n.) A knot; a cluster; a group; a crowd; a flock; as, a plump of trees, fowls, or spears..
Gallinaceous :: Gallinaceous (a.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.
Aquatic :: Aquatic (a.) Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls..
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