Fowls

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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