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| blackhead |
a malignant, infectious, and often fatal disease of the liver and intestines of domestic and wild fowl. [1/3 definitions] |
| chick |
a newly hatched or immature bird or fowl, esp. a chicken. [1/3 definitions] |
| chicken |
the common farm fowl, kept for its meat and eggs. [1/4 definitions] |
| chicken hawk |
any of various hawks that prey or are thought to prey on barnyard fowl, esp. chickens. |
| cochin |
one of a large Asiatic breed of domestic fowl with thickly feathered legs. |
| cock1 |
the adult male of a chicken or other fowl; rooster. [1/8 definitions] |
| comb |
the fleshy crest on the head of some domesticated fowl and other birds, most prominent on the male, such as the rooster. [1/9 definitions] |
| dress |
to prepare (an animal, esp. fowl) for cooking. [1/11 definitions] |
| drumstick |
the lower leg of a fowl, considered as food. [1/2 definitions] |
| guinea hen |
a female guinea fowl. [2 definitions] |
| hock1 |
the analogous joint on the leg of a chicken, turkey, or other domestic fowl. [1/4 definitions] |
| pip2 |
an infectious disease of fowl and other birds that causes an accumulation of mucus in the throat. |
| poult |
any young fowl, esp. a turkey. |
| prairie chicken |
either of two henlike grouse of the North American prairies that have reddish, brownish, black, and white feathers; prairie hen; prairie fowl. |
| roaster |
a fowl or other animal esp. suitable for roasting. [1/3 definitions] |
| roost |
a perch on which birds, esp. domesticated fowl, rest or sleep, or a place or enclosure provided with such perches. [1/3 definitions] |
| rooster |
an adult male chicken or other fowl; cock. |
| salmi |
a dish consisting of partially roasted game fowl, such as pheasant, that is stewed in wine, butter, and spices. |
| stuffing |
that which is or can be stuffed, esp. the fillings used to stuff fowl or the fillings and padding used in upholstery and bedding. [1/2 definitions] |
| tinamou |
any of various birds of Central and South America that resemble certain domestic and wild fowl such as the chicken or quail. |
| wishbone |
a forked bone found in front of the breastbone of most birds, formed by the fusion of the clavicles, and sometimes used, when taken from a cooked fowl, to make wishes over. |
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