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Noun fowl has 2 senses

domestic fowl, fowl, poultry - a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from the red jungle fowl
--₁ is a kind of gallinaceous bird, gallinacean
--₁ is a member of Gallus, genus Gallus
--₁ has parts: saddle; poultry
--₁ has particulars:
Dorking; Plymouth Rock; Cornish; Rock Cornish; game fowl; cochin, cochin china; chicken, Gallus gallus; turkey, Meleagris gallopavo; guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris

Derived forms: verb fowl₁, verb fowl₂
bird, fowl - the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
--₂ is a kind of meat
--₂ is a part of bird
--₂ has parts:
wishbone, wishing bone; drumstick; second joint, thigh; wing; giblet, giblets; oyster; parson's nose, pope's nose; dark meat
--₂ has particulars: poultry; wildfowl

Verb fowl has 2 senses

fowl - hunt fowl
--₁ is one way to hunt, run, hunt down, track down

Derived forms: noun fowler₂, noun fowl₁
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and fowl
fowl - hunt fowl in the forest
--₂ is one way to hunt, run, hunt down, track down

Derived form: noun fowl₁
Sample sentence:
In the summer they like to go out and fowl