Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fowl
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Fowl
fowl
I. noun (plural ~ or ~s) Etymology: Middle English foul, from Old English fugel; akin to Old High German fogal bird, and probably to Old English fleogan to fly — more at fly Date: before 12th century 1. a bird of any kind — compare water~, wild~ 2. a. a cock or hen of the domestic chicken (Gallus gallus); especially an adult hen b. any of several domesticated or wild gallinaceous birds — compare guinea ~, jungle ~ 3. the meat of ~s used as food II. intransitive verb Date: before 12th century to seek, catch, or kill wild~ • ~er noun
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n. & v. (pl. same or fowls) --n. 1 any domestic cock or hen of various gallinaceous birds, kept for eggs and flesh. 2 the flesh of birds, esp. a domestic cock or hen, as food. 3 archaic (except in comb. or collect.) a bird (guineafowl; wildfowl). --v.intr. catch or hunt wildfowl. Phrases and idioms fowl cholera see CHOLERA. fowl pest an infectious virus disease of fowls. fowl-run 1 a place where fowls may run. 2 a breeding establishment for fowls. Derivatives fowler n. fowling n. Etymology: OE fugol f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
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1) птица; пернатая дичь 2) домашняя птица 3) охотиться на (пернатую) дичь; ловить диких птиц – common scrub fowl – guinea fowl – jungle fowl – maleo fowl – mallec fowl – Marianas scrub fowl – migratory fowl – Moluccan scrub fowl – scrub fowl – spur fowl – upland fowl – water fowl – wild fowl ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. домашняя птица, особ. курица to breed (to rear) fowls —- разводить кур to keep fowls —- держать птицу (кур) 2. ам. утка; гусь; индюк 3. собир. ательнле птица; дичь water fowl —- водоплавающая птица sea fowl —- морская птица 4. уст. птица, пташка fowls of the air —- библ. птицы небесные; пернатые 5. птичье мясо, особ. курятина 6. охотиться на дичь 7. ловить птиц ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) rare птица (тж. собир.); дичь 2) домашняя птица, обыкн. курица или петух 2. v. 1) охотиться на дичь 2) ловить птиц ...Англо-русский словарь
7.
(fowls, or fowl) A fowl is a bird, especially one that can be eaten as food, such as a duck or a chicken. Carve the fowl into 8 pieces. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
8.
~ n plural fowls or fowl 1 a bird, especially a chicken, that is kept for its meat and eggs 2 old use a bird (- see also neither fish nor fowl fish1 (5)) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- O.E. fugel "bird," general Gmc. word (cf. Gothic fugls), from P.Gmc. *foglaz, probably by dissimilation from *flug-la-, thus from the same root as O.E. fleogan, modern fly (v.). Originally "bird;" narrower sense of "domestic hen or rooster" first recorded 1580, but in U.S. also extended to ducks and geese. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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