| 单词 | fowl |
| 释义 | fowl (once / 465 pages) nv The noun fowl usually means domesticated birds kept for eating or producing eggs. If your friend brings you eggs from the chickens she keeps in her back yard, you can say that she has pet fowl. Fowl comes from the Old English fugel, "bird," meant simply that — "bird." Today, fowl usually refers specifically to chickens or other kinds of domesticated birds that lay eggs or are raised to be eaten. Occasionally, fowl is used interchangeably with poultry, to mean the flesh of that same kind of bird when it's eaten; you could describe your family as being fond of pork, beef, and fowl. WORD FAMILYfowl: fowled, fowler, fowling, fowls+/fowler: fowlers USAGE EXAMPLESSAT Walk to learn about water fowl that migrate here, for ages 10 and older, 8 a.m. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) The Perrons first raised Finn sheep along with guinea fowl and heritage turkeys. Washington Times(Nov 29, 2016) There were even carving manuals replete with illustrations for serving their favorite roasts, which were almost always wild fowl. Salon(Nov 25, 2016) 1n a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl Syn|Hypo|Hyper domestic 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 2n the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food Syn|Hypo|Hyper bird poultry flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food wildfowlflesh of any of a number of wild game birds suitable for food chicken, poulet, volaillethe flesh of a chicken used for food Rock Cornish henflesh of a small fowl bred for roasting guinea henflesh of a guinea fowl (especially of hens) dove, squabflesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled duckflesh of a duck (domestic or wild) gooseflesh of a goose (domestic or wild) grouseflesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil quailflesh of quail; suitable for roasting or broiling if young; otherwise must be braised partridgeflesh of either quail or grouse pheasantflesh of a pheasant; usually braised turkeyflesh of large domesticated fowl usually roasted meat the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food 3v hunt fowl Hyper hunt, hunt down, run, track down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) 4v hunt fowl in the forest Hypo|Hyper grouse hunt grouse hunt, hunt down, run, track down pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals) |
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