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English noun: fowl | |||
| 1. | fowl (animal) a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl | ||
| Synonyms | domestic fowl, poultry | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gallinacean, gallinaceous bird | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bantam, chicken, cochin, cochin china, Cornish, Cornish fowl, Dorking, Gallus gallus, game fowl, guinea, guinea fowl, Meleagris gallopavo, Numida meleagris, Plymouth Rock, Rock Cornish, turkey | ||
| Part holonym | poultry, saddle | ||
| Member meronym | Gallus, genus Gallus | ||
| 2. | fowl (food) the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food | ||
| Synonyms | bird | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | meat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | poultry, wildfowl | ||
| Part holonym | dark meat, drumstick, giblet, giblets, oyster, parson's nose, pope's nose, second joint, thigh, wing, wishbone, wishing bone | ||
| Part meronym | bird | ||
English verb: fowl | |||
| 1. | fowl (competition) hunt fowl | ||
| Examples | In the summer they like to go out and fowl | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
| 2. | fowl (competition) hunt fowl in the forest | ||
| Examples | In the summer they like to go out and fowl | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | hunt, hunt down, run, track down | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | grouse | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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