What is Fowl? A Basic Definition

Fowl \Fowl\ (foul), 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.
      [1913
         Webster]

            Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and
            over the fowl of the air.             --Gen. i. 26.
    
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            Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not.
                                                  --Matt. vi.
                                                  26.
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         Webster]

            Like a flight of fowl
            Scattered by winds and high tempestuous gusts.
                                                  --Shak.
     
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   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}).
      [1913 Webster]

   Barndoor fowl,
         or Barnyard fowl,
         a fowl that frequents
      the
         barnyard; the common domestic cock or hen.
      [1913
         Webster]

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Off-site Fowl Links, User Submitted

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Thu Jan 1

• Artemis Fowl Confidential - HavenCityStori es 2.0: A MMORPG based on the Artemis Fowl books
• Artemis Fowl Confidential :: The Ultimate Site For Artemis Fowl: The Fan Site that brings you the most up-to-date news, exclusive interviews from Eoin Colfer and the most popular Artemis Fowl Forums. There are more resources than you could throw a barrel of stinkworms at!

Mon Dec 22

• Amuse Bouche: Glorious Guinea Fowl
• Guinea fowl recipe

Fri Nov 7

• The Secrete World Beside Us

Wed Oct 29

• Artemis Fowl and the Hogwarts Incident, a Artemis Fowl fanfic - FanFiction.Net

Mon Oct 27

• postqueer: Transgender Chicken Transitions Succesfully: to claim to know which gendered pronoun is appropriate for a hen-assigned trans masculine chicken is fucking ridiculous.

Wed Oct 15

• Criminality :: So good... it's criminal!

Mon Oct 6

• YouTube - Bird Poops In Mouth: [The whole story: http://tinyurl .com/2fkvd2 ] Local news guy reports on the canadian brown finch overpopulation in town now. The birds don't like being call...

Tue Sep 23

• The Observer profile: Eoin Colfer | Books | The Observer: 'He brings a thoughtfulness and spontaneity to his writing and has an imaginative range that is quite extraordinary. He has made a massive contribution to children' s literature.� 39; Fellow author and former Children' s Laureate Michael Morpurgo

Sun Sep 21

• Food; KITCHEN FANTASIES TAKE WING WITH THE FLAVORFUL PHEASANT - New York Times

Fri Sep 19

• Artemis Fowl T-shirt from Zazzle.com
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• Artemis.jpg (JPEG Image, 490x362 pixels)

Thu Sep 11

• Portable pens for pastured poultry--desig ns that beat heat, wind, & rain

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