单词 | domestic fowl |
释义 | domestic fowl (once / 28481 pages) n WORD FAMILY domestic fowl: domestic fowls USAGE EXAMPLESSuch births were documented only in captive representatives of these species, like zoo specimens and domestic fowl. New York Times(Oct 19, 2015) Still, Game and Fish officials urged people who handle wild or domestic fowl to take precautions. Washington Times(Mar 26, 2015) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. Webster, Noah, Webster's Unabridged Dictionary—(2n...(2012) n a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl Syn|Hypo|Hyper fowl, poultry Dorking an English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled) Plymouth Rockan American breed of domestic fowl Cornish, Cornish fowlEnglish breed of compact domestic fowl; raised primarily to crossbreed to produce roasters Rock Cornishsmall plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl game fowlany of several breeds reared for cockfighting cochin, cochin chinaAsian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs Gallus gallus, chickena domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl bantamany of various small breeds of fowl Meleagris gallopavo, turkeylarge gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food Numida meleagris, guinea, guinea fowla west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white; native to Africa but raised for food in many parts of the world biddy, chickyoung bird especially of domestic fowl cock, roosteradult male chicken caponcastrated male chicken biddy, henadult female chicken spring chickena young chicken having tender meat Rhode Island redAmerican breed of heavy-bodied brownish-red general-purpose chicken Dominick, DominiqueAmerican breed of chicken having barred grey plumage raised for meat and brown eggs OrpingtonEnglish breed of large chickens with white skin gobbler, tom, tom turkey, turkey cockmale turkey guinea henfemale guinea fowl gallinacean, gallinaceous bird heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds |
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