Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.
Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey, duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock or hen (Gallus domesticus).
To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc.
The name given to birds in general, but usually to edible varieties.
Mature chickens including laying hens (which provide table eggs) and breeder flocks (which provide hatching eggs). HACCP System: Includes all prerequisite programs (premises, transportation and storage, equipment, personnel, sanitation and pest control, health and safety recall procedures and records) and HACCP plans.
a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
chickens collectively, it refers to both sexes, and sometimes means gamefowl.
1. Domesticated birds raised for food. 2. A stewing hen.
Fowl is a term for certain birds often used as food by humans. It includes some poultry such as chickens or turkeys, game birds such as pheasants or partridges, other wildfowl like guineafowl or peafowl, and waterfowl such as ducks or geese.