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Henbane :: Henbane (n.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus..

Dandy-hen :: Dandy-hen (n. fem.) A bantam fowl.

Disjoint :: Disjoint (v. t.) To separate the joints of; to separate, as parts united by joints; to put out of joint; to force out of its socket; to dislocate; as, to disjoint limbs; to disjoint bones; to disjoint a fowl in carving..

Farce :: Farce (v. t.) Stuffing, or mixture of viands, like that used on dressing a fowl; forcemeat..

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

Trail :: Trail (n.) The entrails of a fowl, especially of game, as the woodcock, and the like; -- applied also, sometimes, to the entrails of sheep..

Brahma :: Brahma (n.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra..

Pluck :: Pluck (v. t.) Especially, to pull with sudden force or effort, or to pull off or out from something, with a twitch; to twitch; also, to gather, to pick; as, to pluck feathers from a fowl; to pluck hair or wool from a skin; to pluck grapes..

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

Maybird :: Maybird (n.) The whimbrel; -- called also May fowl, May curlew, and May whaap..

Volatile :: Volatile (n.) A winged animal; wild fowl; game.

Birding :: Birding (n.) Birdcatching or fowling.

Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..

Skein :: Skein (n.) A flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).

Guinea :: Guinea (n.) A district on the west coast of Africa (formerly noted for its export of gold and slaves) after which the Guinea fowl, Guinea grass, Guinea peach, etc., are named..

Divedapper :: Divedapper (n.) A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.

Gill :: Gill (n.) The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.

Vol-au-vent :: Vol-au-vent (n.) A light puff paste, with a raised border, filled, after baking, usually with a ragout of fowl, game, or fish..

Sea Bird :: Sea bird () Any swimming bird frequenting the sea; a sea fowl.

Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism..

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