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Language: Old English
Origin: fugel

fowl

 noun
     
Related topics: Birds, Agriculture
fowl plural fowl or fowls [uncountable and countable]
1HBBTA a bird, such as a chicken, that is kept for its meat and eggs, or the meat of this type of bird
2 old use any bird
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