English > domestic fowl: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | A domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl. |
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| Synonyms | fowl, poultry |
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| Member of | Gallus, genus Gallus | Common domestic birds and related forms |
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| Parts | poultry | flesh of chickens or turkeys or ducks or geese raised for food |
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| saddle | Posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl |
| Narrower | Cornish, Cornish fowl | English breed of compact domestic fowl |
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| Dorking | An English breed of large domestic fowl having five toes (the hind toe doubled) |
| Plymouth Rock | An American breed of domestic fowl |
| Rock Cornish | small plump hybrid developed by crossbreeding Plymouth Rock and Cornish fowl |
| bantam | Any of various small breeds of fowl |
| chicken, Gallus gallus | A domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs |
| cochin, cochin china | Asian breed of large fowl with dense plumage and feathered legs |
| game fowl | Any of several breeds reared for cockfighting |
| guinea fowl, guinea, Numida meleagris | A west African bird having dark plumage mottled with white |
| turkey, Meleagris gallopavo | large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail |
| Broader | gallinaceous bird, gallinacean | Heavy-bodied largely ground-feeding domestic or game birds |
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| Spanish | ave de corral |
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| Catalan | aviram |
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