Fowl

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Any bird; ·esp., any large edible bird.

II. Fowl ·vi To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, ·etc.

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