Cochin fowl | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

Fowl
·noun Any bird; ·esp., any large edible bird. II. Fowl ·vi To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or ...

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Fowl
Several distinct Hebrew and Greek words are thus rendered in the English Bible. Of these the most co...

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Dorking fowl
·- One of a breed of large-bodied domestic fowls, having five toes, or the hind toe double. There ar...

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Game fowl
·- A handsome breed of the common fowl, remarkable for the great courage and pugnacity of the males....

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Sea fowl
·- Any bird which habitually frequents the sea, as an auk, gannet, gull, tern, or petrel; also, all ...

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mallee-fowl
n. Same as mallee-bird (q.v.). ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
scrub-fowl
n. name applied to birds of thegenus Megapodius. See megapode. ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
gair-fowl
A name of the great auk, Alca impennis. (See auk.) ...

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barn-door fowl
The common fowl; also so called in Scotland.--Jamieson. Never had there been such slauthering of ca...

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snake-boat of cochin
See pamban manche ...

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