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鸟,飞禽,家禽打鸟

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fowl \Fowl\, n.

   Note: Instead of the pl. {Fowls} the singular is often used
         collectively. [OE. foul, fowel, foghel, fuhel, fugel,
         AS. fugol; akin to OS. fugal D. & G. vogel, OHG. fogal,
         Icel. & Dan. fugl, Sw. fogel, f[*a]gel, Goth. fugls; of
         unknown origin, possibly by loss of l, from the root of
         E. fly, or akin to E. fox, as being a tailed animal.]
   1. Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

            Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
            over the fowl of the air.             --Gen. i. 26.

            Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not.
                                                  --Matt. vi.
                                                  26.

            Like a flight of fowl Scattered by winds and high
            tempestuous gusts.                    --Shak.

   2. Any domesticated bird used as food, as a hen, turkey,
      duck; in a more restricted sense, the common domestic cock
      or hen ({Gallus domesticus}).

   {Barndoor fowl}, or {Barnyard fowl}, a fowl that frequents
      the barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.

Fowl \Fowl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fowling}.]
   To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting,
   or by decoys, nets, etc.

         Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl.
                                                  --Blackstone.

   {Fowling piece}, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for
      the use of small shot in killing birds or small
      quadrupeds.

资料来源 : WordNet®

fowl
     n 1: a domesticated gallinaceous bird though to be descended from
          the red jungle fowl [syn: {domestic fowl}, {poultry}]
     2: the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
        [syn: {bird}]

fowl
     v 1: hunt fowl
     2: hunt fowl in the forest