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Batfowler :: Batfowler (n.) One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.

Batfowling :: Batfowling (n.) A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise..

Cochin Fowl :: Cochin fowl () A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam)..

Dorking Fowl :: Dorking fowl () One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There are several strains, as the white, gray, and silver-gray. They are highly esteemed for the table..

Fowl :: Fowl (n.) Any bird; esp., any large edible bird..

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

Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..

Fowled :: Fowled (imp. & p. p.) of Fow.

Fowler :: Fowler (n.) A sportsman who pursues wild fowl, or takes or kills for food..

Fowler''s Solution :: Fowler's solution () An aqueous solution of arsenite of potassium, of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic; -- named from Fowler, an English physician who first brought it into use..

Fowlerite :: Fowlerite (n.) A variety of rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, containing some zinc..

Fowling :: Fowling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fow.

Fowls :: Fowls (pl. ) of Fow.

Gairfowl :: Gairfowl (n.) See Garefowl.

Game Fowl :: Game fowl () A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males..

Garefowl :: Garefowl (n.) The great auk; also, the razorbill. See Auk..

Peafowl :: Peafowl (n.) The peacock or peahen; any species of Pavo.

Sea Fowl :: Sea fowl () Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all such birds, collectively..

Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.

Sheldfowl :: Sheldfowl (n.) The common sheldrake.

Treadfowl :: Treadfowl (n.) A cock.

Troopfowl :: Troopfowl (n.) The American scaup duck.

Waterfowl :: Waterfowl (n.) Any bird that frequents the water, or lives about rivers, lakes, etc., or on or near the sea; an aquatic fowl; -- used also collectively..